ALT James stands alongside Reid Wiseman, who is wearing a blue flight suit, in the Near Space Operations Control Center. James is holding a signed mission patch while Reid is holding a book gifted by NSOCC employees, with control center displays in the background.

ALT A young star cluster filled with many stars that display Webb’s unique eight-pronged diffraction pattern. At its center is a yellow star that sports the largest diffraction pattern. To its left, there is a region filled with yellow dust and gas that extends from the star to the left and the bottom, covering about two-thirds of the frame. The yellow region has several embedded blue stars of different sizes. The top third, which lies outside the yellow region, has a few bright protostars, within dense gray gas. These stars illuminate the gas, making it appear blue. A few red outflows from other protostars are visible above this grayish-blue region. To the right of the central star, there is a clumpy, flame-like plume of red dust and gas with protostars that emit a soft white light within. The plume is surrounded by more dense gray gas and dust. It is about one third the size of the yellow region. There are several background galaxies strewn throughout.

ALT Several galaxies shine against black space, with a large cluster near center-left.

ALT Artist’s concept of a star and its debris disk against the black background of space. The star is in the background, right of center, and depicted as a small, luminous sphere. The debris disk is a large blue ring that encircles the star. The debris disk is angled toward the viewer, so that the portion nearest to the viewer extends beyond the bottom frame of the illustration. Many dark, rocky fragments are scattered throughout the debris disk. In the foreground, toward the left, is a small planetary embryo colliding into the left side of a larger spherical object. The impact site glows bright yellow and orange and has a mottled appearance, as though chunks of both colliding bodies are breaking up and being destroyed. Orange-yellow streams of vapor extend outward from the collision area. Behind the debris disk and its star are many small stars in the background. A label in the bottom right corner reads “Artist’s Concept.”

ALT An engineering model of the DAVINCI descent probe. The probe is a smooth, metallic sphere with a band of nozzles wrapping around its circumference. It is sitting next to a furnace-like testing apparatus.