NASA's New Space Telescope Is in Harvey's Path
Here’s how they’re protecting the $8.6 billion project.
by Marina Koren
Aug 28, 2017
2 minutes
As tropical storm Harvey continues to drench Houston, turning streets into muddy rivers, NASA workers are keeping watch over a giant $8.6 billion space telescope at the edge of the city.
The James Webb Space Telescope is currently sitting inside a massive, sealed cryogenic chamber at the Johnson Space Center, a sprawling NASA facility in southeast Houston. In July, Webb began a
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