Webb telescope reaches destination: NASA

WASHINGTON: The James Webb Space Telescope has fired its thrusters and reached its orbital destination about 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from our planet, NASA said Monday, in its mission to study cosmic history. But an important milestone.

At approximately 2:00 pm Eastern time (1900 GMT), the Observatory fired its thrusters for five minutes to reach the so-called second Lagrange Point, or L2, where it could reach almost half the sky at any moment. Will be. .

Web, welcome home!” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.

We are one step closer to unraveling the mysteries of the universe. And I can’t wait to see the first new views of the web about the universe this summer!”

In this region of space, it will adapt to the earth as it orbits the sun, allowing the web’s shield to protect its sensitive devices from heat and light.

In order to provide effective protection for the giant temple parasol, it is essential that the sun, earth and moon all be in the same direction, where the cold side works at 370 degrees Fahrenheit (-225 Celsius).