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Webb Telescope
NASA s Webb Reaches Alignment
Mar 16,2022
Milestone; Optics Working Successfully
RELEASE
22-024
17 hours ago
El telescopio Webb de la NASA alcanza un
NASA's Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics
inlp
hito en su alineacion
Working Successfully
17 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 will be able to
3 davs ag0
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 Optical Telescope
Mirror Alignment
Element; every optical parameter that has been checked and tested is performing at, or above, expectations. The team also found no critical issues and no
month ago
measurable contamination or blockages to Webb's optica
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 cosmos; achieving
Destination; Next Steps
this milestone means the team is confident that Webb's first-of-its-kind optical system is working as
TeleScOPE Alignient Evaluatiom IMAGE
months ago
well as possible.
NASA
"More than 20 years ago, the Webb team set out to build the most powerful telescope that anyone has
Aun ano del mandato de Biden; Ia
ever put in space and came up with an audacious optical design to meet demanding science goals_
mira hacia
futuro
said Thomas Zurbuchen
associate administrator for NASAs Science Mission Directorate in
months ago
Washington_
Today we can say that design is going tO deliver:
One Year into the Biden Administration;
While some of the largest ground-based telescopes on Earth use segmented primary mirrors
Webb is
NASA Looks to Future
the first telescope in space to use such
design: The 21-foot, 4-inch (6.5-meter) primary mirror -
much
months ag0
tOO
big to fit inside
rocket fairing
is made up of 18 hexagonal, beryllium mirror segments
It had to
key