US Postal Service to feature NASA’s James Webb Telescope on its new stamp
Have you noticed the stamp of the U.S. Postal Service? Well, now it features the World's most powerful space telescope- James Webb Space Telescope, NASA informed. "Post with the Most: New @USPS stamp features the world's most powerful space telescope. An illustration of @NASAWebb graces each stamp on a sheet, while the selvage features a sharp image of a star captured by the telescope during its alignment," the research organisation tweeted.
Post with the Most: New @USPS stamp features the world's most powerful space telescope. An illustration of @NASAWebb graces each stamp on a sheet, while the selvage features a sharp image of a star captured by the telescope during its alignment: https://t.co/y4l2vaqK2e pic.twitter.com/cw1zWYYYbW
“When anyone who uses these stamps looks at this telescope, I want them to see what I see: its incredible potential to reveal new and unexpected discoveries that help us understand the origins of the universe, and our place in it,” said NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. “This telescope is the largest international space science program in U.S. history, and I can't wait to see the scientific breakthroughs it will enable in astronomy,” he added.
Webb, a mission led by NASA in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) was launched on December 25, 2021, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Over the following months, Webb traveled to its destination nearly one million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away from Earth, underwent weeks of complex deployments to unfold into its final configuration, and prepared its mirrors and science instruments to capture never-before-seen views of the universe.
NASA released Webb's first full-color images and spectra on July
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