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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an international 21st-century space observatory that was launched on 25 December 2021. [1] [2] It is intended to be the premier observatory of the 2020s, combining the largest mirror yet on a near-infrared space telescope with a suite of technologically advanced instruments from around the world. [3]
NASA compares the required accuracy by analogy: "If the Webb primary mirror were the size of the United States, each [mirror] segment would be the size of Texas, and the team would need to line the height of those Texas-sized segments up with each other to an accuracy of about 1.5 inches". [62] James Webb Space Telescope Mirror alignment animations
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant , or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope . [ 9 ]
Nasa has released a stunning 'teaser' image from the James Webb Space Telescope ahead of next week's wider release.
NASA announced in 2002 that it would name its Next Generation Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope. More information about James Webb. More ...
The JWST has captured its first Mars pictures, and they could reveal more about the planet's atmosphere. James Webb Space Telescope's first pictures of Mars could reveal more about the atmosphere ...
Launch of the largest space telescope to date. USA (NASA) ESA Canada (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope [87] 26 September 2022: First asteroid measurably deflected by a spacecraft. First spacecraft to make contact with an asteroid moon (impact on Dimorphos). USA (NASA) DART [88] 23 August 2023 First landing at the lunar south polar region. India
James Webb Space Telescope, launched December 2021, operational [32] [33] Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS), launched February 2007, operational Small Explorer program (SMEX) [ 34 ]