James Webb space telescope takes up station a million miles from Earth

One million miles away from Earth, the world's largest and most powerful telescope has reached its final destination.

On Christmas Day last year, a $10 billion space telescope was launched from French Guiana on a quest to see the dawn of the universe. The Ariane 5 is a European rocket and it was necessary to launch it folded.

Science observations can begin in June if the mirrors on the space observatory are aligned correctly. After another success, flight controllers in Baltimore were happy.

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We are one step closer to discovering the mysteries of the universe. Bill Nelson, the administrator of Nasa, said in a statement that he can't wait to see the first new views of the universe this summer.

The deputy project scientist for Nasa said what a ride it had been.

Astronomers will be able to peer back in time to when the first stars and galaxies were forming, thanks to the telescope. The universe was created 100m from now.

There are signs of extraterrestrial life that the Webb will be looking for.

On 8 January, engineers from Nasa finished unfolding the telescope, which includes a 21-foot mirror and a tennis-court-sized sun shield. The process required a series of highly delicate and complicated maneuvers that have not been performed by any other craft in astronomic history.

The Hubble space telescope is still in operation after its 1990 launch. The visible aspect of the spectrum will not be studied by the telescope. It will only look at the radiation from the sun. It has been fitted with shielding and cooling equipment to protect its equipment from solar radiation that can cause misleading signals.

The moon is four times as far away from Earth. The life span was estimated to be more than 10 years.

It's too far away for emergency repairs for the successor to the Hubble. The ones ahead and the ones over the past month are critical.

Five astronauts performed surgery on the Hubble. The first operation in 1993 corrected the telescope's blurry vision, a flaw introduced during the mirror's construction on the ground.

Telescopes can see farther and more clearly when operating above the Earth's atmosphere. The European and Canadian space agencies collaborated with Nasa to launch the biggest mirror ever launched into the sky.

The Associated Press contributed to the report.