The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope – the James Webb Space Telescope – was launched into the cosmos last year, and without nerding out too hard, it’s the biggest and most powerful telescope to ever go into space. It’s currently 1.6 million kilometres from Earth, and this morning US President Joe Biden will give us a glimpse of its first full-colour images before more are released overnight. They’re expected to show parts of the universe we’ve never seen before, including some of the oldest galaxies and stars formed after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. It’s pretty incredible, but what makes it more impressive is how unlikely the project would ever take flight. The mission was nearly cancelled several times due to massive delays and the budget blowing out billions of dollars. But the man credited with saving the project is NASA engineer Greg Robinson. Onya, Greg…