Considered the most important achievement of the decade, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) official release has been released NASA: Will be at 9:20 am ET on Friday, December 24, on an Ariane 5 rocket provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) at the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana, near our Amapa.
The most expensive ($ 10 billion) and powerful optical instrument ever sent into space, the JWST was built by NASAin the United States in partnership with ESA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Designed for a decade and built for another 20, the telescope has been postponed several times, perhaps because NASA and Arianespace want to eliminate any risk associated with a tech gem going into space.
How do I watch the release of James Webb?
The launch of the James Webb Telescope, regarded as an important historic moment in world astronomy, will be streamed live through the NASA app as well as the agency’s website. Neste link… Anyone who wants to watch it on YouTube can set a reminder. The official broadcast will begin at 8:00 Brazilian time.
At 8:30 am, NASA will also offer a Spanish version of the JWST launch on the space agency’s social media channels. Neste link… The event will also be streamed live on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch and Daily Motion.
At first it was called “The Next Generation”, as it could be a reliable replacement Hubble Space TelescopeJames Webb will revolve around the Sun 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. When it reaches its destination, the new telescope will see objects that are much further away because, in addition to observing the universe in optical and ultraviolet light, it will mainly use infrared, which will allow visualization the first galaxies in the universe…
