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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 Milestone, Optics
in
P
hito en su alineacion
Working Successfully
18 hours ago
Lee esta nota de prensa en espaiol aqui.
NASA to Discuss Progress as Webb
Telescope's Mirrors Align
Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps; NASA's James Webb Space Telescope team expects that Webb's optical performance
3 davs ag0
will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to achieve
NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Progress,
On March 11, the Webb team completed the stage of alignment known as "fine phasing
At this
stage in the commissioning of Webb's
Mirror Alignment
Optical Telescope Element; every optical parameter that has been checked and tested is performing at, or above, expectations. The team also
month ago
found no critical
ssues and no measurable contamination or blockages to Webb's optical path: The observatory is able to successfully gather
light from distant objects and deliver it to its instruments without issue_
NASA to Discuss Webb's Arrival at Final
Although there are months to go before Webb ultimately delivers its new view of the
Destination; Next Steps
cosmOS;
achieving this milestone means the team is confident that Webb's first-of-its-
TeleScOPE Alignient Evaluatiom ImAcE
months ago
kind optical system is working as well as possible_
NASA
"More than 20 years ago, the Webb team set out t0 build the most powerful telescope
Aun ano del mandato de Biden; Ia
that anyone has ever put in space and came Up with an audacious optical design to meet
mira hacia
futuro
demanding science goals
said Thomas Zurbuchen; associate administrator for NASAs
months ago
Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
'Today we can say that design is going tO
deliver:"
One Year into the Biden Administration;
NASA Looks to Future
While some of the largest ground-based telescopes on Earth use segmented primary
months ag0
mirrors
Webb is the first telescope in space t0 use such
design. The 21-foot, 4-inch
While the pumpose of this image was
focus on the bright star at
(6.5-meter) primary mirror
much too big to fit inside
rocket fairing
is made up of 18
the center for alignment evaluation, Webb's optics and NIRCam
hexagonal, beryllium mirror segments_
It had to be folded up for launch and then
sensitive that the galaxies and stars seen
unfolded in space before each mirror was adjusted
tO Within nanometers
to form a
backgroun
sho VD
At this stage
Webb's mirror alignment,
cindle mirror cunace
Knoym
"fine phasing
each of the primary
mttor
segments
key