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Launchpad: Engineering Design to Support Scientific Discovery

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Engineering design and technology development support scientific discovery. Learn about the roles engineers and scientists play when working together on NASA missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and how science and engineering take turns pushing each other to move exploration forward.

Published on: March 06, 2017

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