After traveling 1 million miles through outer space, the James Webb Space Telescope arrived at its final destination, where it will collect data and capture images of the earliest stars and galaxies to uncover the mysteries of the universe.
An artist's rendering of a telescope.
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez is a NASA GSFC/CIL.
The telescope performed its final major course correction maneuver Monday afternoon to propel it into its new home in a position a million miles away from Earth.
The location of the telescope's new home allows it to maintain a minimum amount of fuel, which is why it was chosen.
Because it uses a technology that can detect heat, the telescope must be kept cold to be able to see the parts of the universe that have never been seen by humans.
NASA said that the mission could last as long as a decade.
In May of 2021, the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope opened for the last time on Earth.
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"Webb, welcome home!" Nelson said in a statement. We are one step closer to discovering the mysteries of the universe.
What to watch for.
Nelson said the first images from the telescope will be this summer. The telescope's instruments will be adjusted over the next five months.
The number is big.
$10 billion. It is expected to cost over 25 years.
There is a key background.
The European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency collaborated with NASA on the project to build the largest, most complex and most powerful space telescope ever built. The telescope was put in an Ariane 5 rocket after it was launched from French Guiana. The telescope unfurled into its current position after a few weeks in space.
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