NASA is all set to launch its flagship project known as the James Webb Telescope on Dec 22. With 25 years of hard work and $ 1,000 crore costing, James Webb Telescope is truly one of the most expensive and crucial projects taken up by NASA.
The James Webb Telescope is designed by NASA and has built-in in collaboration with 20 countries with one single aim that is to attempt to find the secrets of the Big Bang. The unending curiosity of the human being to know the unsolved mysteries of the universe has stayed and evolved since time immemorial.
It was this curiosity that formed the basis of the planning, construction, and deployment of telescopes along with advancements in technology. Thereby the largest telescope was recently built in this order.
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The launch of the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope that is the James Webb Telescope will take place on December 22. This telescope will be deployed for in-depth observation of the aftermath and effects of the Big Bang.
Origin and creation of galaxies, and the origin and the evolution of the universe. The highly sophisticated and advanced James Webb Telescope has many features and high-tech instruments on board that will help humanity to uncover the mysteries of the universe.
NASA currently has been developing the telescope with the help of 10,000 European space agencies and Canadian Space Agencies. During the construction of this advanced telescope, more than 20 countries are involved in-depth in the construction of telescope.
The launch vehicle/rocket that will be employed to deploy the super-advanced payload is the Ariane 5 space rocket that will be successfully launched from the Guinea Space Center which is located in French Guiana.
Behind the scenes lie nearly 10,000 scientists and their tireless hard working hours including an astronomical 4 million hours to successfully build the James Webb Telescope.
NASA is developing the telescope with the help of 10,000 European space agencies and Canadian space agencies.
More than 20 countries are involved in the construction of the telescope. The Ariane 5 space rocket will be launched from the Guinea Space Center in French Guiana. Nearly 10,000 scientists worked tirelessly for over 4 million hours to build it.
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