Learn more about these amazing inventions which have helped us explore space beyond Earth. From telescopes to rocket launchers, space exploration would not be possible without the advancement in technology. Humankind has dreamed of traveling to the stars for centuries, but the first person stepped on the Moon in 1969. Space exploration entails sending people… Continue reading Technologies That Revolutionized Space Exploration
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The James Webb Space Telescope is a space telescope designed primarily for infrared astronomy. It is the largest optical telescope in space. JWST can see things too far away for Hubble to see because of its improved infrared capability and sensitivity.
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Seeing the Universe Like Never Before
Launched in 2009, the James Webb Space Telescope will observe galaxies at a distance of 1.5 million kilometers in the infrared. It will also look 2.5 million years into the past to study individual stars in the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest big galaxy. Topics: First full color, science-quality images of JWST COSMOS-Webb: mapping the earliest… Continue reading NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Seeing the Universe Like Never Before
