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The james webb space telescope: mission overview and status
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Greenhouse, Matthew A. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the Infrared successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. It is a cryogenic infrared space observatory with a 25 sq m aperture (6 m class) telescope yielding diffraction limited angular resolution at a wave1ength of 2 micron. The science instrument payload includes three passively cooled near-infrared instruments providing broad- and narrow-band imagery, coronagraphy, as well as multi-object and integral-field spectroscopy over the 0.6 |
| File Size | 14019535 |
| Page Count | 60 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120014352 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t43r5vf8b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-07-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy James Webb Space Telescope Test Facilities Infrared Telescopes Spaceborne Astronomy Cryogenics Mission Planning Infrared Astronomy Segmented Mirrors Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Presentation |
