It will support the whole range of Webb’s science goals, from observing our own Solar System and other planetary systems, to studying the early Universe. This is made possible by its powerful multi-object spectroscopy mode.ĮSA is also supporting the provision of the MIRI instrument, the only instrument on the telescope that is capable of operating at mid-infrared wavelengths.
The primary goal of NIRSpec is to enable large spectroscopic surveys of astronomical objects such as stars or distant galaxies.
This includes the NIRSpec instrument, the workhorse near-infrared spectrograph on board Webb, which is provided entirely by ESA. In addition to providing the Ariane 5 rocket and launch services to bring the telescope into space, ESA is also providing instruments for the telescope as well as scientists who will support the mission’s operations. The James Webb Space Telescope is an international project led by NASA in partnership with ESA and the Canadian Space Agency. This includes research on our own Solar System, the formation of stars and planets (including planets outside our Solar System - exoplanets), and on how galaxies are formed and evolve, in ways never before possible.
Launched in December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Webb is designed and built to offer scientists the capabilities needed to push the frontiers of knowledge in many areas of astronomy. The James Webb Space Telescope will be the next great space science observatory, designed to answer outstanding questions about the Universe and to make breakthrough discoveries in all fields of astronomy. These visuals feature artist impressions.
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