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May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
...end of the visible spectrum, deep into the infrared - invisible to Hubble but exactly poised for JWST. Another motivation for selecting an infrared space telescope comes from our recent advances in the field of exoplanets; worlds orbiting... can expect to see JWST’s first science image. Precisely what this will be is being kept under tight wraps. My bet is something iconic from Hubble, highlighting just how differently JWST views the cosmos. However...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... orbit is becoming a place that is not just limited to what space agencies do and during the two-day conference expert speakers repeatedly called for broader access and use of the Space Station, with more flexible and open-minded approaches...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
..., this provision says that state parties to the treaty should use outer space “for the benefit and in the interests of all countries”. Whilst fine language, it is unclear exactly what states are required to do. Must they give technology to less...
28 March 2018
Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again
The world’s most powerful space telescope and the successor to NASA's famed Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has had its launch date delayed again, this time until approximately...cap, the space telescope will have to be reauthorised by Congress and the potential for further delays increases. But, do any missions lift off without a hitch? Let's not forget JWST’s predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble, which was...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... Observatory was the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). I was a team member on the high resolution spectrograph, which was one of the instruments that Ball won the contract for. It was later...Space Flight Center was our customer, and I was what we called a process engineer back then. We were just learning how to process materials, components and mechanical assemblies, primarily in the area of electronics. It included soldering, welding, cleaning, using...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
...is, what happens after that? When this issue was placed before the panel at the SpaceBar, it was clear that there was a lot of love for the aging space telescope. Some highlighted the benefits of keeping Hubble going.... Unfortunately, the more likely option is that the SCM will be used for NASA’s original and intended purpose - to facilitate a controlled de-orbit of the telescope at the end of its operational life. Many question whether this is...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
... what it would look like for someone actually standing on the surface. Of course, we heard the same sort of comments when photography was invented, when digital art became available, when the Hubble Space Telescope ... Or, in the case of the Moon, en plein espace! At first these artists could only use for reference what they could see through telescopes, or the results from major observatories such as those at Mt Wilson and Mt Palomar. I consider...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
... powerful telescopic mirrors ever, and cameras that can see much more than any previous x-ray satellite. There are many other cases where technology originally developed for space exploration has been put to good use in healthcare. For...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... to present an obstacle, is the question: what is space debris? Technical definitions used by scientists and engineers, as well as in the technical and non-binding Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines [3] of the United Nations ..., legal scholars, international organisations and non-governmental organisations have called for a new, binding treaty on space debris, or for clarifying binding protocols to the existing treaties to be promulgated after ...
