Webb will act as an infrared detective, detecting light that is invisible to us and revealing otherwise hidden regions of space, according to NASA.
#RECENT NASA LAUNCH TODAY SERIES#
So the NASA team designed the telescope as a series of moving parts that can fold origami-style and fit inside a 16-foot (5-meter) space for launch. The mirror was so large that it couldn’t fit inside a rocket. It’s the largest mirror NASA has ever built, the agency said, but its size created a unique problem. The mirror includes 18 hexagonal gold-coated segments, each 4.3 feet (1.32 meters) in diameter. The more light the mirror can collect, the more details the telescope can observe. The telescope comes equipped with a mirror that can extend 21 feet and 4 inches (6.5 meters) – a massive length that will allow the mirror to collect more light from the objects it observes once the telescope is in space. Webb will peer into the very atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and it could uncover clues in the ongoing search for life outside of Earth. The name of NASA's most powerful telescope is still controversial one month before its launch This is a great achievement and an inspiring image for the entire team," said Lee Feinberg, optical telescope element manager for Webb at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.įor more about this test: go./33XdiEa Chris Gunn/NASA "Deploying both wings of the telescope while part of the fully assembled observatory is another significant milestone showing Webb will deploy properly in space. Performed in early March, this test involved commanding the spacecraft's internal systems to fully extend and latch Webb's iconic 6.5 meter (21 feet 4-inch) primary mirror. In order to perform the groundbreaking science expected of Webb, its primary mirror needs to be so large that it cannot fit inside any rocket available in its fully extended form. In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space.
#RECENT NASA LAUNCH TODAY FULL#
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Full Mirror Deployment a Success We are going to discover incredible things that we never imagined.” Over three decades, you produced this telescope that is now going to take us back to the very beginnings of the universe. “This is a great day for planet Earth,” Nelson said shortly after the launch. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared his gratitude for the international teams that made the mission and the Christmas Day launch possible.
The European Space Agency aptly referred to it as “an awesome Christmas present” for the international launch teams, as well as the whole of space science, on Twitter. But the world’s most powerful and complex space observatory will answer questions about our solar system, study exoplanets in new ways and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to. The Webb telescope has endured years of delays, including a combination of factors brought on by the pandemic and technical challenges. The Webb telescope launched from French Guiana Saturday morning.
0 kommentar(er)
