The James Webb Space telescope is a space telescope scheduled to be launched this decade. It has been designed to study the first formed galaxies. It would be able to see objects lying up to 1.5 × 106 km away from the earth. A sun shield will protect the telescope from the heat of the …
Landing on the moon – ‘… one giant leap for mankind’
Apollo 11 was the mission of NASA, which placed a human on a celestial body, the moon. The journey to the moon took three and a half days and carried three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin stepped on the moon and Armstrong uttered the famous words ‘That’s one small step for …
Exciting features of James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space telescope is a space telescope scheduled to be launched this decade. It has been designed to study the first formed galaxies. It would be able to see objects lying up to 1.5 × 106 km away from the earth. A sun shield will protect the telescope from the heat of the …