Webb telescope reaches final destination, a million miles from Earth

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 25, 2022 12:07 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, NASA said Monday.

At around 2:00 pm Eastern Time (1900 GMT), the observatory fired its thrusters for five minutes to reach the so-called second Lagrange point, or L2, where it will have access to nearly half the sky at any given moment.

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