James Webb Space Telescope

[shakey1]

Northrop Grumman is proud to lead the industry team building NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This revolutionary observatory is the largest telescope built for space and the most powerful infrared telescope ever made. It is the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The Webb telescope will travel 1 million miles from earth and look back over 13.5 billion years, providing images of the first galaxies formed and observing unexplored planets around distant stars. The breakthrough technology developed for the Webb Telescope will expand our understanding of the universe, rewrite textbooks and inspire a future generation of engineers and scientists. This animation captures Webb’s journey into orbit, 1 million miles away from earth, depicting the sequence of events surrounding the launch and deployment of this game changing observatory. The travel time, distance and transformation of the telescope as it deploys are included in this sequence.

https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-delays-2021-nasa/

 

[Matt Collins]

Yes, if it works, it will be awesome.


When is the launch and deployment scheduled?

 

[Danke]

I'm pretty excited.

 

[VIDEODROME]

Cool

 

[shakey1]

Yes, if it works, it will be awesome.


When is the launch and deployment scheduled?

Last I heard, March 30, 2021, barring any further delays.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-delays-2021-nasa/

 

[Swordsmyth]

I'm pretty excited.

You don't already have one?

 

[Danke]

You don't already have one?

Yeah, but mine is just a prototype. I may sue for copyright infringements.

 

[Voluntarist]

First James Webb images arrive amid calls for telescope name change, links to LGBTQ abuse

NASA released the first, highly-anticipated deep space images from its James Webb Space Telescope this week. But the arrival also spotlights continued calls to rename the groundbreaking machine – in light of allegations that Webb was complicit in the abuse and discrimination of LGBTQ people during his tenure at the federal space agency.
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While the astronomy community around the world is celebrating this momentous event, many have also strongly criticized the telescope's name – which honors James Webb, NASA's second administrator who served from 1961 to 1968, when NASA was taking its key steps to put astronauts on the moon.

Webb has been linked to government discrimination against LGBTQ employees – notably because he was in NASA leadership and previously served as the U.S. Undersecretary of State during the Lavender Scare, which lead to the mass dismal of gay and lesbian people across government service in the mid-1900s.

 

[TheTexan]

I'm calling bullshit on this "telescope". It's just got fucking bee hive looking panels, no glass, no optics, no magnification.

Whole thing is a giant scam, just like the moon landing

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath/status/1547439940748906502

 

[Occam's Banana]