James Webb Telescope

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Question 1

On which calendar date was the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched into space aboard an Ariane 5 rocket?

Question 2

Around which gravitationally stable orbital position, 1 million miles from Earth, does JWST orbit?

Question 3

What primary electromagnetic spectrum wavelength band is JWST designed to observe?

Question 4

How many hexagonal gold-coated beryllium segments make up JWST's massive 6.5-meter primary mirror?

Question 5

What tennis-court-sized structure protects JWST's sensitive optics from the heat of the Sun, Earth, and Moon?

Question 6

Which former NASA administrator, who led the agency during the Apollo buildup from 1961 to 1968, is the telescope named after?

Question 7

What primary near-infrared camera was developed by the University of Arizona as JWST's workhorse imager?

Question 8

Which instrument on JWST requires an active helium mechanical cryocooler to chill down to an astonishing 7 Kelvin (-447°F)?

Question 9

What first operational deep-field color image from JWST was unveiled by President Joe Biden at the White House in July 2022?

Question 10

What exoplanet atmospheric observation by JWST in 2022 detected carbon dioxide in a foreign planet's atmosphere for the first time?

On which calendar date was the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched into space aboard an Ariane 5 rocket?