Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On December 25, 2021 at 12:20 UTC, all progressive humanity grasped in anticipation, and for the next few tens of minutes they were holding breath, afraid to breathe in and out as the launch of the James Webb telescope took place. It was a difficult long-term construction on which a whole new generation managed to grow up.
But, fortunately, it turned out to be "a long-term successful construction." The launch was flawless, as did the telescope’'s journey to its final destination, the Lagrange point L2.
The telescope is named after NASA second director James Webb, who led the agency from 1961 to 1968. "James Webb" boasts not only its gigantic size with the height of a three-story building and the length of a tennis court, but also its capacity. NASA claims that in visibility it bypasses Hubble by a hundred times! James Webb can see the first galaxies formed after the Big Bang over 13.5 billion years ago.
And now, after all the settings, calibrations and tests, it began to deliver the first scientific results.
#jameswebbspacetelescope #space #reyouniverse
On December 25, 2021 at 12:20 UTC, all progressive humanity grasped in anticipation, and for the next few tens of minutes they were holding breath, afraid to breathe in and out as the launch of the James Webb telescope took place. It was a difficult long-term construction on which a whole new generation managed to grow up.
But, fortunately, it turned out to be "a long-term successful construction." The launch was flawless, as did the telescope’'s journey to its final destination, the Lagrange point L2.
The telescope is named after NASA second director James Webb, who led the agency from 1961 to 1968. "James Webb" boasts not only its gigantic size with the height of a three-story building and the length of a tennis court, but also its capacity. NASA claims that in visibility it bypasses Hubble by a hundred times! James Webb can see the first galaxies formed after the Big Bang over 13.5 billion years ago.
And now, after all the settings, calibrations and tests, it began to deliver the first scientific results.
#jameswebbspacetelescope #space #reyouniverse
