Yesterday afternoon, the Webb team successfully extended the observatory’s Deployable Tower Assembly (DTA), creating critical…
Browsing: James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the most powerful space observatory ever built, designed to peer deeper into the universe than ever before. Launched in December 2021, JWST is a collaboration between NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). It orbits the Sun about a million miles from Earth and uses a massive gold-coated mirror and advanced infrared instruments to study the earliest galaxies, the birth of stars and planets, and the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. By capturing light that has traveled billions of years, JWST is transforming our understanding of the cosmos—from the origins of the universe to the potential for life beyond Earth.
NASA’s Webb telescope now has enough fuel for well beyond a decade of science, thanks…
Webb completed its critical first burn, MCC-1a, guiding it toward L2. The burn was deliberately…
Webb is beginning to resemble the form it will take when it is fully deployed…
Early this afternoon the Webb mission operations team concluded the deployment of the first of…
At 7:20 pm EST – 60 hours after liftoff — Webb’s second mid-course correction burn…
https://youtu.be/TWBXzlVbVI8 The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s…
Shortly after 10 am EST on December 26, the Webb team began the process of…
At 7:50 pm EST, Webb’s first mid-course correction burn began. It lasted 65 minutes and is now complete. This burn…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday on an Ariane 5…
The James Webb Space Telescope is on its way! The mission launched on an Ariane…
Ariane 5 Fueling is Complete (6:16 am EST) Fueling for both the main and upper…
The James Webb Space Telescope is safely stowed inside the fairing of ESA’s Ariane 5…
Webb has been confirmed as being go for launch, and the countdown clock was started!…
Set to launch on December 24, the James Webb Space Telescope will transform astronomy by…
https://youtu.be/Z4SXarl6i1k Webb has been installed onto the Ariane 5 rocket in preparation for launch at…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – inside the Ariane 5 rocket it will ride to…
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to…