The longtime agency insider has a distinguished career at NASA.
"This mission is seeing the universe in a whole new way," Rigby said in the NASA statement."I'm so excited to lead this amazing team, as we maximize the science return from the most powerful telescope humanity has ever built."
As for Mather, he will be staying on as senior project scientist emeritus. Having guided JWST since its infancy, his passion for the project hasn't diminished. "I'll be enjoying every minute of the team's amazing results and cheering for our successes," Mather said in the NASA statement, adding,"I'll be traveling and telling the world what we are doing. And I'll be working on what's next for NASA — I'm not retiring a bit.
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