Tag: space observatory
The Webb Space Telescope Completed the Most Complex and Risky Maneuver Ever in Space
After deploying the heat shield and secondary mirror, teams from NASA and Northrop Grumman successfully opened the primary and segmented mirror of the Webb telescope. Steps performed automatically and deemed…
Operation successful: the Webb space telescope will be able to be protected from the Sun
The James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s sunshade in space, a key step in their preparation for science operations. Next step: the secondary mirror. The sun…
Three days after its launch, where is the James Webb Space Telescope?
In space, the cruising speed of the James Webb Space Telescope is just over 1 km / s. Three days after its launch, it has already traveled about a third…
D-1: the astronomical and space event of the decade will take place on December 25!
While it was initially planned for the end of the 2000s, then threatened with abandonment in 2011, the launch of the James-Webb observatory will take place on Christmas day 2021.…