Construye tu propio telescopio espacial con #WebbAtHome

Mientras el telescopio espacial internacional James Webb (Webb) se prepara para el lanzamiento a bordo de un cohete Ariane 5 desde el Puerto Espacial Europeo de la Guayana Francesa, te invitamos a construir una nave o cohete que represente la misión, en tu casa y con materiales cotidianos.

Comparte el “lanzamiento” de tus misiones en redes sociales con la etiqueta #WebbAtHome (Twitter o Instagram) o por medio de un mensaje privado en la cuenta de Facebook de la ESA. Las creaciones que más nos hagan sonreír recibirán un paquete con regalos de la ESA y de la misión Webb. 

Aunque estamos seguros de que el cartón, los botes vacíos, las tijeras y el pegamento van a estar muy presentes, serán bienvenidas las ideas creativas de todo tipo: cocina, bordado, pintura, LEGO, origami... Tú eliges. 

Para ayudarte con la inspiración, los que trabajamos entre bambalinas en la ESA también nos hemos puesto creativos. En la siguiente galería puedes ver nuestras ideas y, si sigues bajando, verás información adicional sobre la misión y los términos y condiciones de participación e información sobre la protección de datos.

Para poder optar a los premios, deberás enviar tus propuestas antes del 30 de noviembre; pero, si no descubrieras esta página hasta después de esa fecha, esperamos que te inspire igualmente a dar rienda suelta a tu creatividad y llevar a tu casa un toque de la Agencia Espacial Europea. 

¿Hasta ahora no conocías a Webb y Ariane, y quieres saber qué aspecto debería tener tu creación? Además de las representaciones artísticas de esta página, te invitamos a consultar nuestras páginas web: aquí podrás descubrir la misión Webb y aquí, el lanzador Ariane.

Más información sobre Webb

Webb, fruto de la colaboración internacional entre la NASA, la ESA y la CSA, es un telescopio espacial que se adentrará más que nunca en nuestros orígenes. Observará las primeras galaxias del universo, revelará el nacimiento de estrellas y planetas, y buscará exoplanetas con potencial de albergar vida. Más cerca, Webb también estudiará nuestro propio sistema solar. Siguiendo los pasos de Hubble, será el siguiente gran observatorio de ciencia espacial, al estar diseñado para realizar descubrimientos revolucionarios en todos los ámbitos de la astronomía. 

La misión se lanzará a bordo de un cohete Ariane 5 desde el Puerto Espacial Europeo de la Guayana Francesa. Llegará en barco y, una vez allí, pasará casi dos meses preparándose para el lanzamiento. Webb se plegará como una figura de papiroflexia para caber en el lanzador, que se ha adaptado específicamente al telescopio. Tras el lanzamiento, el observatorio emprenderá un viaje de un mes hasta su órbita final, a millón y medio de kilómetros de la Tierra, en el punto de Lagrange L2. Durante el trayecto, se irá desplegando como un transformer: primero abrirá el parasol, del tamaño de un campo de tenis, y luego el espejo primario, de 6,5 metros, encargado de detectar la tenue luz de estrellas y galaxias distantes. 

Además de prestar los servicios de lanzamiento, la ESA contribuye en dos de los cuatro instrumentos científicos y aporta personal para dar apoyo a las operaciones de la misión.

Cómo participar y demás letra pequeña

Cómo participar
Términos y condiciones
Protección de datos
Preguntas frecuentes

How to enter

1.     Get creative!
2.     Take a photo/video of your creation launching on its mission and share it on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #WebbAtHome or by direct messaging us on the ESA Facebook account.
3.     Be proud of your creation! Once the competition is closed there’ll be a certificate of participation that you can download.
4.     Keep following as we countdown to launch – we’ll provide information nearer the time on how to follow the launch live.

Terms and conditions

By entering this competition, you agree to the following:

Ownership, original works 
Participants certify that their photo/video submission is their original work, that they have full legal right to use any portion that is not their original work, that they have permission from anyone identifiably shown in the photo submission to submit the photo. The image remains the property of the submitter and they retain copyright, however, by submitting a photo, participants grant ESA and its partner Agencies permanent permission to publish the photo in any channel at any time for the purpose of promoting the Webb mission and this competition, with proper credit and without any remuneration. The participant’s name, home town and social media names may also be published by ESA and re-published by media.

Permissions 
In addition to the rules outlined here, participants also agree to abide by the terms and conditions of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Disclaimers
Be creative but be safe! You are responsible for taking the photos/videos and ESA accepts no liability for any injuries, illnesses or death that may occur as a result of entering this competition.

While this is an “at home” activity, do take into consideration any rules and regulations with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in your country.

The rules may be updated or added to without notice, reflecting any questions we receive to clarify rules. Dates may change due to unforeseen events that are out of our control. The competition is run on a best-effort basis.

The jury’s decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into to discuss the final winners.

A condition of being featured as a winner is that the entrant declares their consent in writing, in accordance with point 10 of the privacy notice, via the social channel they entered. 

Please also see ESA’s privacy notice for social media: https://www.esa.int/Services/ESA_Privacy_Notice_ESA_social_media

Frequently asked questions

Does my contribution have to include BOTH Webb and Ariane? No, you can choose, but we will certainly be impressed it you capture both elements in your project!

Do I have to be in the photo? No, but you are very welcome to be. Family pets are also welcome. Please make sure you have the consent of everyone in the photo/video. If you are an adult and the photo/video includes children, you must have the permission from the parent or legal guardian for each child.

Can I submit multiple photos? We would love to see your creative process unfold so do share updates with us if your project is taking a few weeks. Be sure to mention in your final communication about it that this is the finished product and ready for consideration for prizes. You could also submit multiple photos or a gif in your final post, if you prefer.

Can I submit a video? Yes! Just a suggestion, but a timelapse of you creating your #WebbAtHome mission might be a fun idea. You won’t be judged on your photography/videography skills, though, only on the actual creation.

Are there special considerations depending on which social media platform I enter via? We will accept entries via Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #WebbAtHome or by direct messaging us on the ESA Facebook account. Keep in mind:

-Twitter: we’ll be monitoring the #WebbAtHome hashtag from the @ESA_Webb account and will RT your entries from there (feel free to follow and tag us!).

-Instagram: we’ll be monitoring the #WebbAtHome hashtag from the @europeanspaceagency account; if you also include the hashtag #yourESA we will be on the lookout to add your entries to our @yourESA page! Don’t enter your submission as a story – we don’t want it to disappear and for us to miss it! Feel free to follow and tag us and make sure your profile is public for us to engage with your post.

-Facebook: you’ll need to send us a private message with your finished photo/video, which we’ll add to a public gallery on the European Space Agency Facebook page

Remember! By entering on your preferred platform, you agree to the terms and conditions of that platform. Please also see ESA’s privacy notice for social media: https://www.esa.int/Services/ESA_Privacy_Notice_ESA_social_media

Will my photo/video be used elsewhere, other than the platform I submit it? If you are selected as a top ten winner, we will contact you to check you are happy for your image to feature on esa.int/webb, and ask you to give written consent via private message on the social channel you entered, in accordance with our privacy notice. The article will be promoted on ESA’s social media channels and therefore may also feature on ESA’s Facebook/Twitter/Instagram channel.

Can I enter any other way? Sorry, but we are not monitoring e.g. an email account for this activity. If you don’t have a social media account, perhaps you can ask a friend/family member who does, to share your photo/video. Of course, you are welcome to just have fun with this activity at home, and not enter it in the competition. 

How will you judge the winners? Small Webb-themed and other ESA-related spot prizes will be awarded for images that stand out to the judges as being particularly unique, so first and foremost, we’re looking for creativity and imagination! We hope you’ll spend some time looking at Webb and Ariane on this website to get inspired and we’ll be looking out for creative representations of the spacecraft/rocket’s structural elements, or if you manage to capture some of the mission’s science themes.

Who is judging the entries? Our ESA Webb Social Media working group, comprising ESA’s science mission and launchers editors and social media managers from ESA’s Communication Department, and Webb mission scientists and instrument engineers.

How will I know if I win a prize? We will write to you on the social media channel that you posted the entry, for example as a reply, asking you to connect with us via private message for your mail address so we can send you the prize package. Please note that we cannot guarantee delivery times – due to COVID restrictions we are not in our offices (where the prizes live) as frequently as we used to be, so there may be some delay between notifying you that you have won a prize, and us shipping it. Thank you for your understanding!

How many prize opportunities will there be? At least once a month between now and launch we’ll identify one or two projects that we’d like to commend. These spot prizes will be awarded ad-hoc during the submission period.

What kind of goodies can we win? Goodies will include things like Webb mission stickers, pins, magnets, brochures and other small items that we can easily mail.

Will there be a grand prize? After the closing date we’ll identify our top ten entries and showcase them in a dedicated article on esa.int/webb. Winning a spot prize does not automatically qualify you, neither disqualify you, from being included in the final top ten. The top prize will be – aside from bragging rights and the possibility that we’ll use your mission as a backup for the real thing* – an extra-large goody package so that you can share it with your school class or friends (when the pandemic situation allows again). We may also include the winning entries in further social media promotional activities around the launch or other key mission milestones. 

(*not really, sorry).

How frequently can I enter? You can enter as many times as you like (keep those creative juices flowing!) but to allow everyone fair access to prizes, we will only send one prize package per entrant, even if your subsequent entry/entries are even more out of this world. Subsequent awesome entries could still be considered for the grand prize, though. Note: multiple members of the same household can enter separately and be eligible for prizes.

If there is more than one person in my photo/video, who wins the prize? The person who submitted the photo/video and whose contact details we receive will be contacted as the prize winner. But it is up to you to share the prize with your friends or family if it was a group effort. If you are selected in the final top ten article, we’d be happy to include everyone’s names who was involved. Be sure to tell us!

When is the opening/closing date? The activity launches on 1 June 2021 and closes 30 November 2021.

How old do I need to be to enter? This is a family-friendly activity so there are no restrictions on age. However, if you are under 18, by entering we assume that you have permission from your parent or legal guardian. Similarly, if you are an adult and the photo/video includes children, you must have the permission from the parent or legal guardian for each child. (Other adults in the photo must also be aware they are in the photo/video!)

I don’t live in Europe, can I still enter? Yes! Anyone in the world can enter and anyone in the world can win our spot prizes. You can also enter in any language, although note that our main communications channels are in English. Our top prize will only be open to entrants living in ESA Member/Associate/Cooperating States http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Member_States_Cooperating_States. These are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

I work at ESA or a partner agency. Can I enter or win? You and your family members are very welcome to enter, and we will consider your contributions as part of our spot prizes, although you are not eligible for the top prize package. Please spread the word amongst your colleagues, too, and you are welcome to promote this activity on your social channels even if you don’t wish to enter yourself.

Where will news about the competition be announced? The lead channel for this activity is @ESA_Webb on Twitter, and this website (esa.int/webb). If there is any major change to the competition rules or dates, we will update this article accordingly. Following the official close of the competition element of this activity, we will post a separate winners article to conclude the competition. We will reach out to you on the channel you entered to formalize your consent to have your image displayed on esa.int/webb.

What if I have a question that’s not answered here? You can ask us via one of our social media platforms (@ESA_Webb on Twitter, or ESA’s Facebook/Instagram account). Preferably a direct message, or @ message if via Twitter. If it’s a really obvious question we should have included in this FAQ, we’ll even add the Q&A here for others to benefit.

We look forward to receiving your entries!