Q 01/05

Webb was built to look far enough back in time to see what?

A) The first galaxies forming

B) The birth of our Sun

C) The formation of the Moon

D) The earliest life on Earth

Answer · why

A) The first galaxies forming

The first galaxies forming. Their light set out over 13 billion years ago and has been stretched into the infrared on the way, which is why Webb was b...

Q 02/05

Webb finally lifted off on which holiday in 2021?

A) Thanksgiving

B) Halloween

C) Christmas Day

D) New Year's Eve

Answer · why

C) Christmas Day

Christmas Day. Liftoff had been set for Christmas Eve until a poor weather forecast at the launch site pushed it back by 24 hours.

Q 03/05

Which rocket carried Webb into space?

A) Falcon Heavy

B) Atlas V

C) Ariane 5

D) Soyuz

Answer · why

C) Ariane 5

Ariane 5. Europe supplied the launch at no charge, and in return its astronomers were guaranteed roughly 15 percent of Webb's observing time.

Q 04/05

Where does Webb orbit?

A) In low Earth orbit

B) Near the Sun–Earth L2 point

C) In geostationary orbit

D) In orbit around the Moon

Answer · why

B) Near the Sun–Earth L2 point

Near the Sun–Earth L2 point. From there the Sun, Earth and Moon always sit in the same part of the sky, so a single sunshield can block the heat of al...

Q 05/05

Webb was launched from a spaceport on South American soil belonging to which country?

A) The Netherlands

B) Britain

C) France

D) Portugal

Answer · why

C) France

France. The spaceport is in French Guiana, an overseas region about five degrees from the equator, where Earth's spin gives a departing rocket an extr...