The James Webb telescope, almost a month after launch, successfully flew to its destination, which is one and a half million kilometers from Earth, the Lagrange point in the Sun-Earth system and entered orbit around it.

This was reported on the website of the American Space Agency (NASA).

In the coming months, the observatory will prepare for the first scientific observations, scheduled for this summer.. At the same time, the first images of the telescope will be published.. It is expected that the fuel to maintain the orbit of the observatory will last at least 10 years..

Named after the head of NASA in the 1960s, the device will help scientists look billions of years into the past, see the Universe as very young.. In addition, James Webb will study the atmospheres of distant planets to see if they are habitable..

Over 30 years of work on the creation of the telescope. The spacecraft cost NASA $10 billion.. This is 20 times higher than the estimated cost. Telescope named after head of Apollo lunar program. James Webb to replace Hubble telescope. The new apparatus was supposed to be sent into space back in 2007, but these dates were repeatedly shifted.