CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led JWST’s design and development and partnered with two main agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

Detailed explanation-2: -Webb is an international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center managed the development effort. The main industrial partner is Northrop Grumman; the Space Telescope Science Institute operates Webb after launch.

Detailed explanation-3: -Webb Orbit The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble Space Telescope is - it will actually orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2.

Detailed explanation-4: -As the name of the container suggests, the terrestrial transport of the telescope consisted of an air, road and sea route. A key moment was the transport of the scientific and optical instruments, which were tested extensively at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston and then transferred to Los Angeles by air in 2018.

Detailed explanation-5: -JWST launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center on December 25, 2021. The last couple weeks have seen the telescope’s separation from the second stage, the unfolding and tensioning of its sunshield, and myriad other steps to full deployment.