{"id":384935,"date":"2021-12-22T22:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasas-new-space-telescope-will-soon-explore-the-distant-past\/"},"modified":"2021-12-22T22:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:29:43","slug":"nasas-new-space-telescope-will-soon-explore-the-distant-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasas-new-space-telescope-will-soon-explore-the-distant-past\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA\u2019s new space telescope will soon explore the distant past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NASA\u2019s new space telescope will soon explore the distant past<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The James Webb is set to become the most complex object ever launched into space, and the most powerful time machine ever built.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\/nasa-bill-nelson-space-exploration\">May interview with Fox News<\/a>,\u00a0NASA\u00a0Administrator Bill Nelson said that the agency\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope will \u201cpeer back in time\u201d 13.35 billion years. Telescopes like James Webb and its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, see light from distant stars and galaxies emitted eons ago. Thus they see back into the past. Now, the world\u2019s premier\u00a0space\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>\u00a0observatory \u2014 considered a successor to the Hubble \u2014 is set to launch into orbit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following delays including one that pushed its launch from Christmas Eve, the $10 billion Webb \u2014 an international partnership with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency \u2014 is targeted to lift off on the morning of Dec. 25 on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), packed in its shipping container, is unloaded from the MN Colibri upon arrival at the Port de Pariacabo in French Guiana.\" class=\"wp-image-20582990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The James Webb Space Telescope, packed in its shipping container, is unloaded from the MN Colibri upon arrival at Port de Pariacabo in French Guiana.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chris Gunn\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Already years late in flying, the telescope was recently jolted by a clamp during launch preparations and a bad communication link on the rocket had to be fixed.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/content\/webbLaunch\/assets\/documents\/WebbMediaKit.pdf\">For a mission duration of up to 10 years<\/a>, the Webb will \u201ccomplement and extend the discoveries of [Hubble] with longer wavelength coverage and greatly improved sensitivity.\u201d It will explore a time period known as the \u201cEpoch of Reionization,\u201d which came after the dark ages following the Big Bang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe longer wavelengths enable Webb to look much closer to the beginning of time and to hunt for the unobserved formation of the first galaxies, as well as to look inside dust clouds where stars and\u00a0planetary\u00a0systems are forming today,\u201d the agency said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/content\/about\/index.html\">Astronomers worldwide<\/a>\u00a0will use the Webb, and its science objectives require the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/content\/about\/faqs\/facts.html\">Webb infrared observatory<\/a>\u00a0to be very large \u2014 so large that it can\u2019t fit into the nose cone of any available launch vehicle in its operational configuration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once in space, Webb\u2019s sunshield \u2014 which is the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/content\/webbLaunch\/assets\/documents\/WebbFactSheet.pdf\">size of a tennis court<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 will expand and separate into its five distinct layers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), packed in its shipping container, is unloaded from the MN Colibri upon arrival at the Port de Pariacabo in French Guiana.\" class=\"wp-image-20582991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The James Webb Space Telescope, packed in its shipping container, is unloaded from the MN Colibri upon arrival at Port de Pariacabo in French Guiana.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA\/ESA\/CNES\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAt over 21 feet (6.5 meters) in diameter and about 270 square feet in area, Webb\u2019s primary mirror is also too wide to fit into the Ariane 5 fairing in one piece, so it is segmented into 18 hexagonal pieces on a hinged structure so it can fold up for launch and unfold in space. It will be the largest mirror ever flown into space,\u201d NASA said in a document detailing the telescope and its launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How much detail a telescope can see is directly related to the size of the mirror area that collects light from the objects being observed. Webb\u2019s mirror has more than 6 times the light-gathering capability of the powerful Hubble.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The unfolding process will span two weeks, after which Webb has a million-mile journey to reach its destination, where it can orbit the sun in line with the Earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The special orbit allows one side of Webb\u2019s sunshield to always face the\u00a0sun,\u00a0Earth and\u00a0moon\u00a0\u2014 blocking their heat and light from reaching the telescope\u2019s heat-sensitive optics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The month-long <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> takes the Webb to the second Lagrange (L2) point, a point that enables continuous communications with Webb through the Deep Space Network.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"The James Webb Space Telescope stands in the S5 Payload Preparation Facility (EPCU-S5) at The Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana on November 5, 2021, where it is being tested and verified ahead of a scheduled launch on December 18. \" class=\"wp-image-20583085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>The James Webb Space Telescope stands in the S5 Payload Preparation Facility at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, on November 5, 2021, where it is being tested and verified ahead of a scheduled launch on December 25. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Webb\u2019s four\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\">instruments<\/a>\u00a0have two primary functions, including imaging and spectroscopy, or breaking down light into separate wavelengths. Those instruments include the Near-Infrared Camera, Near-Infrared Spectograph, Near-Infrared Slitless Spectrograph\/Fine Guidance Sensor<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\">,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/nasa-s-webb-telescope-will-have-the-coolest-camera-in-space\">Mid-Infrared Instrument<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several new technologies were developed during the building of the Webb telescope, including a \u201cmicroshutter\u201d device with thousands of tiny windows, a cryocooler that chills the mid-infrared detectors to the necessary temperature of only a handful of degrees above absolute zero.<\/p>\n<p>Webb will begin gathering its first set of scientific observations after its commissioning process finishes, around six months after launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much riding on this,\u201d Nelson\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/space-launches-science-business-south-america-bill-nelson-1ff1f34affc0674b231dea8066477d10\">told the Associated Press<\/a>, \u201copening up just all kinds of new understanding and revelations about the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"GREENBELT, MD - NOVEMBER 02:  Engineers and technicians assemble the James Webb Space Telescope November 2, 2016 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. \" class=\"wp-image-20583092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Engineers and technicians assemble the James Webb Space Telescope November 2, 2016, at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Live coverage of the discovery machine\u2019s launch will be available on NASA TV, the NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\"><strong><u>,<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the NASA website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history \u2014 from within the solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe, and everything in between. Webb will reveal new and unexpected discoveries and help humanity understand the origins of the universe and our place in it,\u201d NASA said in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-sets-coverage-invites-public-to-view-webb-telescope-launch\">a Saturday release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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In a\u00a0May interview with Fox News,\u00a0NASA\u00a0Administrator Bill Nelson said that the agency\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope will \u201cpeer back in time\u201d 13.35&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/james-webb-telescope-03.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[122360,75704,5026,5019],"class_list":["post-384935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-22-21","tag-engineering","tag-nasa","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}