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James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second Administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968.
The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. The launch (designated Ariane flight VA256) took place as scheduled at 12:20 UTC on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
James Webb (Royal Navy officer) (died 1761), commodore governor for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador for 1760; J. B. Webb (James B. Webb, 1929–2009), influential in shaping Australia's international relations and aid during the 1950s, 60s and 70s; Jim Webb (born 1946), former senator from Virginia, former U.S. Secretary of ...
The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Webb's primary mirror consists of 18 hexagonal mirror segments made of gold -plated beryllium , which together create a 6.5-meter-diameter (21 ft) mirror, compared with Hubble's 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in).
The memo indicates that the men mentioned in Ref 13 are to report John E. Puerifoy and Carlisle H. Humelsine, not James Webb, who following this meeting has no responsibilities in the matter. 16:03, 26 December 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:6AF0:C90:1155:629B:9563:747F
NASA administrator James E. Webb, along with other senior government officials such as John D. Millett, were instrumental in the academy’s founding, aiming to establish an independent, non-partisan body to advise government leaders. By 1970, NAPA had formally separated from ASPA and incorporated as an independent organization dedicated to ...
Jim Webb is an American film audio engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for another one in the same category. Selected filmography
AzTECC71 is a dusty star-forming galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, reported by NASA in early December 2023. [1] This red ghost-like galaxy has been optically invisible to other telescopes including the Hubble Space Telescope; astronomers referred to them as “Hubble-dark galaxies”.