NASA reportedly unveiled a plan to construct a successor to the James Webb Space Telescope, announcing the Habitable Worlds Observatory early last week at a conference.
FILE - In this April 13, 2017, photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.would be sent to a point – known as L2, or the second Lagrange Point – a million miles away from the Earth and opposite the sun.
"We're also going to plan this mission from day one to be serviceable," Clampin said, noting that in 10 to 15 years companies could do"straightforward robotic servicing" there. An astronaut aboard the space shuttle Atlantis captured this image of the Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009. "It gives us flexibility, because it means we don't necessarily have to hit all of the science goals the first time," he told attendees. Being able to service the observatory can extend the life of its mission.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a visit to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center on Nov. 5, 2021, in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Notably, with this observatory, NASA is following through on the U.S. National Academies’ latest decadal survey, which called for
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