NASA says that James Webb Telescope is now fully aligned, and the spacecraft is almost ready to begin scientific operations.
Despite James Webb being fully aligned, there’s still at least one final series of preparations to meet. NASA said that the spacecraft will now enter a phase known as science instrument commissioning. This will take around two months to complete. During that process, the team will turn its attention to each science instrument on the James Webb.
Once the team has completed all the configurations, though, the telescope will be ready for scientific operations. But what exactly does the James Webb telescope being fully aligned mean? Well, it essentially means the team has aligned all of the sensors for the best quality image capturing. This means it will provide the sharpest and highest quality images they are capable of. In fact, NASA says theJames Webb will teach us more about galaxies Hubble has only scratched the surface of.
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