28 March 2018
Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again
... to NASA's famed Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has had its launch date... the $8 billion it was allocated by U.S Congress for the development of Webb. If the project goes beyond the $8 billion cost cap, the space ...
22 November 2017
JWST completes crucial cryogenic test
... intelligence – has partnered with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to successfully complete thermal vacuum testing for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST); confirming that the soon-to-be-launched observatory is ready for the frigid, airless environment...
19 March 2019
Webb telescope partly blamed for WFIRST funding cut
...observatory” coming down the pike after the James Webb Space Telescope. The Trump administration’s proposed ...administrator, to go up to [Capitol] Hill and talk about the James Webb Space Telescope,” said the agency’s top official, Jim Bridenstine, in ...
08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
... the much anticipated successor to the Hubble telescope, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) when it is launched next year....the electromagnetic spectrum to complement these studies. The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be launched on an...
18 November 2020
Astronomers want to revive idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the Moon
... so distant from us, that not even NASA’s latest technologically advanced telescope, the powerful but problem-prone James Webb Space Telescope, would be able to detect them. “Throughout the history of astronomy, telescopes have become more powerful...
31 January 2020
A final farewell to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
... out the Spitzer mission in 2018 in anticipation of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which also will observe the universe in infrared light. When Webb's launch was postponed, Spitzer was granted an extension to continue operations until...
