Actually, his full name is James Edwin Webb. He conducted NASA between 1961 and 1968. And now, his name is given to a telescope which gonna observe to space.
But what is the James Webb Space Telescope? Everything was started with Next Generation Space Telescope project(NGST) in 1996. Nasa decided to send a telescope to space that was bigger than Hubble (was sent in 1990).
But what is the difference between Hubble and this telescope? James Webb Space Telescope will take the place of Hubble. It can observe 13.5 billion year distances. Actually, this number is bigger than Hubble. And this project will help us to recognize where are we in the universe. James Webb Space Telescope has bigger mirrors than Hubble. The telescope is almost 85000 miles away from the Earth when ı write this text. (You can follow where is the rocket).
It's gonna be orbit to L2 29 days later. Scientists are hoping to discover new planets, new galaxies, and new features of planets with help of telescope.
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