James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
 Aug 23 2005, 02:01 PM
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The manufacture of the JWST mirror blanks has now been completed.
Despite this milestone, the fate of JWST is still somewhat precarious, because although the scientific bang from the telescope is expected to be huge, the bucks required have increased to a staggering $4.5 billion. A Space.com article on the squeeze in NASA's space-based astronomy plans gives some background. The JWST home page can be found here. The Space Telescope Science Institute, which runs Hubble, also has a site here. As does ESA. |
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Dec 14 2021, 04:14 PM
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Fingers crossed for this launch date - it's been a while....
 Has there been a more complicated sequence of unlocking/unfurling of the science platform/sub-systems post-launch on an unmanned mission before?? I've every faith that all will go to plan - I reckon JWST will be a game-changer in the same way that Hubble was/is. Can't wait. |
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Dec 15 2021, 09:07 AM
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QUOTE (jasedm @ Dec 14 2021, 05:14 PM)  Can't wait. Well... I can wait a few days more, if not a month, for a real safe launch There is so much at stake with this mission: tens of years of hard work by scientists and labs and a lot of billions spent on state budgets |
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Redstone James Webb Space Telescope Aug 23 2005, 02:01 PM
djellison Just how does it end up costing $4.5B ( which... Aug 23 2005, 02:10 PM
jasedm QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 23 2005, 03:10 PM)... Sep 8 2021, 09:58 PM Redstone Well, a 6.5m telescope is pretty big even on the g... Aug 23 2005, 02:42 PM Bob Shaw The JWST has always struck me as being a prime exa... Aug 23 2005, 03:03 PM dilo 4.5 billion is a lot. If I'm not wrong, this i... Aug 23 2005, 09:22 PM GravityWaves QUOTE (dilo @ Aug 23 2005, 06:22 PM) 4.5 ... Apr 1 2006, 07:27 PM Redstone It seems JWST is safe from outright cancellation f... Aug 26 2005, 09:50 PM antoniseb QUOTE (Redstone @ Aug 26 2005, 04:50 PM)JWST ... Aug 26 2005, 10:31 PM Bob Shaw IMHO, JWST should be put on hold, and then back ou... Aug 26 2005, 10:39 PM Redstone First JWST mirror segment delivered for polishing.... Oct 9 2005, 04:16 PM BruceMoomaw "Really, it's nuts to NOT make JWST man-t... Oct 9 2005, 10:07 PM SigurRosFan "The James Webb Space Telescope is a large, i... Oct 9 2005, 10:24 PM Redstone Some more detail on the JWST delay to 2013. The ar... Nov 21 2005, 01:53 PM AlexBlackwell I moved this from a thread I started to this one. ... Mar 8 2006, 08:56 PM BruceMoomaw My attempt to attach this article failed; it overl... Mar 14 2006, 03:07 AM BruceMoomaw Particularly interesting quotes from the article:
... Mar 14 2006, 03:47 AM AlexBlackwell To keep things tidy and prevent sprawling, disconn... Mar 14 2006, 05:02 PM ljk4-1 James Webb Telescope Sunshield Membrane Passes Tes... May 16 2006, 02:44 PM ljk4-1 ATK To Provide More Components For James Webb Spac... May 31 2006, 05:53 PM ljk4-1 Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0606175
From: Jon... Jun 9 2006, 07:28 PM Decepticon I'm looking forward to seeing alpha centauri i... Jun 16 2006, 10:29 PM DonPMitchell QUOTE JWST is a partnership between ESA, NASA, and... Jun 16 2006, 10:35 PM GravityWaves QUOTE (DonPMitchell @ Jun 16 2006, 07:35 ... Jul 5 2006, 01:09 AM Littlebit http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/n....mhtm... Jan 22 2007, 03:27 PM SigurRosFan - Telescope mirror nears completion
QUOTE Enginee... Feb 9 2007, 05:36 PM GravityWaves "6.6m (22ft) in diameter", that's fa... Feb 19 2007, 02:12 PM ollopa NASA, ESA and the CSA are holding a technical rev... May 21 2007, 01:09 PM helvick Great stuff - finally something to go to that is c... May 21 2007, 06:24 PM djellison This thread will be useless without pics. You hav... May 21 2007, 08:18 PM helvick I'm on it boss. May 21 2007, 08:32 PM jaredGalen Some one has posted some pics (2) of the Full scal... May 23 2007, 10:23 AM djellison That's two of you.
STEREO OBSERVATIONS.
Do i... May 23 2007, 10:35 AM AlexBlackwell NASA Adds Docking Capability For Next Space Observ... May 23 2007, 07:29 PM jaredGalen Anyone have new info on events associated with nex... Jun 6 2007, 11:11 AM helvick I stopped by the Royal Hospital today at lunchtime... Jun 8 2007, 02:27 PM ollopa Members of this forum are especially welcome to th... Jun 9 2007, 01:17 AM ollopa Currently - and remember these things can change -... Jun 9 2007, 01:53 AM helvick I just re-arranged my Monday schedule so I'll ... Jun 9 2007, 01:31 PM helvick I went back to check on the model's progress a... Jun 9 2007, 05:19 PM climber Thanks helvick.
I'll come to Ireland by mid au... Jun 9 2007, 06:01 PM helvick My understanding is that it is going to remain for... Jun 9 2007, 09:43 PM ollopa QUOTE (helvick @ Jun 9 2007, 10:43 PM) It... Jun 10 2007, 12:53 AM nprev Helvick, do you know the rest of its schedule? Hop... Jun 10 2007, 12:22 AM ollopa Direct from its Washington premier just last month... Jun 10 2007, 11:25 PM nprev This is gonna sound trite, but damn that thing is ... Jun 11 2007, 01:25 AM dilo What an impressive shot, allopa!
I'm fasci... Jun 11 2007, 06:00 AM helvick As promised by Ollopa UMSF folks were allowed to a... Jun 11 2007, 09:39 PM Analyst QUOTE (helvick @ Jun 11 2007, 09:39 PM) N... Jun 19 2007, 12:46 PM helvick Oh and I forgot to thank Ollapa for the inivtation... Jun 11 2007, 09:44 PM djellison Good job - your forum title has been appropriately... Jun 11 2007, 10:12 PM ollopa It seems to be one of the worst-kept secrets in As... Jun 16 2007, 02:54 PM helvick JWST Partner's Workshop - Dublin 11 June 2007 ... Jun 19 2007, 07:22 PM helvick JWST Partner's Workshop - Dublin 11 June 2007 ... Jun 19 2007, 08:55 PM PhilCo126 Just superb: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/obj... Apr 22 2008, 04:00 PM climber Air & Cosmos oct 17th issue says that a mockup... Oct 18 2008, 03:55 PM Oersted I think this is the best deployment animation:
ht... Dec 3 2008, 11:54 PM bkellysky A full-sized mockup of the James Webb Space Telesc... Jun 4 2010, 08:02 PM Ron Hobbs Xinhua has some really great pictures of the mock-... Jun 4 2010, 09:12 PM bkellysky Photo of the mock-up from the world science festiv... Jun 5 2010, 01:04 PM Ron Hobbs bob,
That is a great picture! Thanks. Jun 5 2010, 03:44 PM Big_Gazza Oh dear, the spectre of cancellation of the JWST i... Jul 7 2011, 10:42 AM Syrinx I became ill when I read about this yesterday.
I ... Jul 7 2011, 09:38 PM nprev Let's all take a deep breath, calm down, and h... Jul 7 2011, 11:08 PM Explorer1 Surely the components already made won't be tr... Jul 8 2011, 12:58 AM Hungry4info If it goes like SIM(-lite), the hardware will prob... Jul 8 2011, 03:12 AM Greg Hullender If no one has any new facts to bring to the discus... Jul 8 2011, 02:56 PM nprev Also recall that Dawn WAS effectively cancelled fo... Jul 9 2011, 12:19 AM Mongo News Flash: James Webb Space Telescope SAVED!
... Sep 15 2011, 09:03 PM djellison How many times do I have to clean up this thread b... Sep 15 2011, 09:59 PM Steve G Is the JWST going to be used for any Solar System ... Feb 20 2015, 01:27 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Steve G @ Feb 20 2015, 06:27 AM) I... Feb 20 2015, 03:57 PM Jaro_in_Montreal I looked through the FAQs and even posted a questi... Feb 24 2015, 10:55 PM djellison I believe you have to specifically design the inst... Feb 24 2015, 11:33 PM abalone Time-lapse: The Assembly of the James Webb Space T... Feb 12 2016, 11:09 AM B Bernatchez Looks like the optics have been mated to the ISIM.... May 4 2016, 07:56 PM Steve G With the launch 2 years away, I've tried to fi... Nov 3 2016, 03:44 PM JRehling QUOTE (Steve G @ Nov 3 2016, 08:44 AM) [.... Nov 3 2016, 05:40 PM elakdawalla One issue I hadn't appreciated until recently ... Nov 3 2016, 03:56 PM SteveM QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 3 2016, 10:56 AM... Nov 12 2016, 02:19 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Uh-oh!
Engineers examine unexpected readings ... Dec 22 2016, 02:31 PM B Bernatchez I don't imagine that they crank up the shaker ... Dec 22 2016, 08:20 PM JRehling It sounds like the anomalous vibration at least di... Dec 28 2016, 11:37 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Good news. The problem has been resolved ...
Vib... Jan 26 2017, 02:15 PM Holder of the Two Leashes One more (hopefully final) launch delay. No one t... Oct 6 2017, 06:46 PM JRehling And that last delay was not final. Now we're h... Apr 2 2018, 03:12 PM JRehling This is not a great surprise, but work on the JWST... Mar 23 2020, 07:34 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Spaceflight Now article: Seven Month Launch Delay Jul 17 2020, 10:57 PM Steve G A good article just released.
https://www.nasa.go... Aug 3 2020, 02:36 PM JRehling There is at least one more launch delay. A launch ... Jun 3 2021, 06:00 PM Explorer1 Already done!
https://xkcd.com/2014/ Jun 3 2021, 07:20 PM JRehling That is a perfect display of the data and observat... Jun 4 2021, 05:49 PM Explorer1 True, but many ephemeral objects (and events) have... Jun 5 2021, 01:00 AM JRehling JWST will have about the same resolution as HST, s... Jun 5 2021, 04:06 PM Holder of the Two Leashes The JWST has completed all testing and is being bu... Aug 27 2021, 03:30 PM JRehling JWST now has an announced launch date of December ... Sep 8 2021, 07:11 PM Holder of the Two Leashes It's happening. JWST has left on a boat and i... Sep 30 2021, 08:06 PM TrappistPlanets The probe will launch next week on the 22nd
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