The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, launched on December 25, 2021, is the largest and most powerful telescope ever deployed. It was designed to collect light in the near-infrared spectrum, which is the optimum wavelength for the detection of very distant objects. The telescope allows astronomers to peer back in time to within 180 million years after the Big Bang which is even before the first galaxies formed! A rather elegant scientific machine, now you can assemble it as a metal model to enjoy at home.

We have pliers available that are specifically designed for our metal models, and to present your model in the right spotlight, we offer a base with blue LED lights.

Starting with the records of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, formed in 1915 to study problems of flight and conduct research in aeronautics, the National Archives holds in trust the records of NASA and others related to aeronautics, including the mission photographs taken during the space shuttle program from 1981 to 2011.