12 March 2021
Scientists find a rocky exoplanet rebuilding its atmosphere
... heating,” Swain says. Determining just how special this world might will have to wait until the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is up and running – a mission that is expected to finally launch later this year after continual...
21 July 2021
New balloon-borne astronomical telescope to rival Hubble
... Euclid observatory due to launch next year can only take images in a single optical band, and the James Webb Space Telescope due to launch this autumn is limited to infrared wavelengths. This means SuperBIT will be the only...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
... the launch of XMM-Newton, which is still in operation today, and most recently, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in 2021. “What a magnificent demonstration of Europe’s capacity to dream big and deliver results to match,” says...
13 February 2024
Thales Alenia Space to provide comms for planetary defence mission
..., from low Earth orbit to deep space, including flagship NASA missions to explore the universe such as the James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.”
29 March 2018
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Owners’ Workshop Manual
... into nine sections covering everything from the historical background to the HST to (briefly) its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. Significant sections include those on the design and development of the Hubble and its scientific...
18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
... formed. Cheops will also pave the way for our future exoplanet missions, from the international James Webb Telescope to ESA’s very own Plato and Ariel satellites, keeping European science at the forefront of exoplanet research...
