May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
... expanding Earth observation industry, on a mission to understand the planet we live on like never before. Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope, which will peer into the cosmos using the most advanced imaging hardware available...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... decade. The search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting space science endeavours and though NASA’s James Webb telescope will cost about US$9 billion it may be too small to yield clear scientific conclusions on exoplanets. To deploy a telescope...
22 November 2015
James Webb Space Telescope prepped to receive gold-coated primary mirror segments
... they are a single large mirror,” said Lee Feinberg, NASA Optical Telescope Element Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The technical challenges of building a complex telescope such...
August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
NASA’s next large space observatory after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the Wide Field Infra-Red Survey Telescope (WFIRST). It is about the same size as ...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... industry. It witnessed the first all-civilian spaceflight, three successful missions to Mars, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and a record US$12.4 billion investment of private capital in the space ecosystem, an increase of more than...
12 July 2022
Star billing for first Webb picture
The international NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest, ... July) by US President Joe Biden. "Webb's First Deep Field is not only the first full-colour image from the James Webb Space Telescope, it’s the deepest and sharpest...
