NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Arrives in French Guiana After Sea Voyage
(Oct 12, 2021; National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully arrived in French Guiana Tuesday, after a 16-day journey at sea. The 5,800-mile voyage took Webb from California through the Panama Canal to Port de Pariacabo on the Kourou River in French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.The world’s largest and most complex space science observatory will now be driven to its launch site, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, where it will begin two months of operational preparations before its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket, scheduled for Dec. 18.
Once operational, Webb will reveal insights about all phases of cosmic history – back to just after the big bang – and will help search for signs of potential habitability among the thousands of exoplanets scientists have discovered in recent years. The mission is an international collaboration led by NASA, in partnership with the European and Canadian space agencies.
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L'argomento è interessante, penso che scrutare l'universo ci farà conoscere molto di più ciò che si nasconde in questo luogo vasto, per così dire
An expensive and slow process, but the ways we can learn about the universe are incredible!
Astronomy is an amazing tool.
I was very excited when I found out about this news a few days ago, after so much delay we will finally be able to have the successor of Hubble in space, the james webb with his most advanced technology will reveal many things that we do not know, a great discovery is coming for the golden era of astrophysics.
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I came across an article showing what this will be able to pick up that Hubble never could. Haven't read it yet, but I am looking forward to it!