NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Question 1

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the result of an international collaboration between

Answer 1

• NASA,
• the European Space Agency (ESA)
• the Canadian Space Agency

was launched in December 2021

Question 2

It is currently at a point in space known as

Answer 2

Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

Question 3

Which is the largest, most powerful infrared space telescope ever built?

Answer 3

James Webb Space Telescope

It’s the successor to Hubble Telescope

Question 4

Which was the first spacecraft to visit the solar system’s most photogenic gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn?

Answer 4

Pioneer
* Pioneer 10 was the first probe to travel through the solar system’s asteroid belt, a field of orbiting rocks between Mars and Jupiter.

Question 5

___ is currently the farthest man-made object from Earth

Answer 5

Voyager 1

Question 6

Which is a planned two-year mission that will survey the sky in optical as well as near-infrared light which, though not visible to the human eye, serves as a powerful tool for answering cosmic questions.?

Answer 6

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx)
* would be launched in 2024