The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a planned infrared space observatory and is the scientific successor to the hubble space Telescope. The JWST or Webb Telescope’s main scientific goal is to observe the most distant object in the universe beyond the reach of eighter ground based instruments or the hubble.The JWST is a project of the National Aeronotics and Space Administration, the U.S. Space agency, with international collaboration from the European Space Agency and the Canadian space Agency, including contributions from fifteen nations.

Originally called the next  generation space Telescope (NGST). It was renamed in 2002 after NASA’S second administrator James Webb.