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Webb Telescope
NASA s Webb Reaches Alignment
Mar 16,2022
Milestone; Optics Working Successfully
RELEASE
22-024
18 hours ago
El telescopio Webb de la NASA alcanza un
NASA's Webb Reaches Alignment
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hito en su alineacion
Milestone; Optics Working
18 hours ago
Successfullv
NASA to Discuss Progress as Webb
Telescope's Mirrors Align
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Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope team
NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Progress,
expects that Webb's optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the
observatory was built to achieve_
Mirror Alignment
month ago
On March 11,the Webb team completed the stage of alignment known as "fine phasing
At this key
stage in the commissioning of Webb's Optical Telescope Element; every optica
parameter that has
NASA to Discuss Webb's Arrival at Final
been checked and tested is performing at, or above, expectations_
The team also found no critical
Destination; Next Steps
issues and no measurable contamination or blockages to Webb's optical
The observatory is able
months ago
to successfully
gather light from distant objects and deliver it to its instruments without issue_
Although there are months to go before Webb
Aun ano del mandato de Biden; Ia NASA
Telescope Aligniemt Evaluatiom image
ultimately delivers its new view of the cosmos
mira hacia
futuro
achieving this milestone means the team is
months ago
confident that Webb's first-of-its-kind optical
system is working as well as possible_
One Year into the Biden Administration;
NASA Looks to Future
"More than 20 years ago, the Webb team set
months ag0
out to build the most powerful telescope that
anyone has ever put in space and came up with
an audacious optical design to meet demanding
path;