enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. James E. Webb - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Webb

    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.

  3. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope

    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).

  4. Launch and commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_and_commissioning...

    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.

  5. Timeline of the James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_James_Webb...

    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an international 21st-century space observatory that was launched on 25 December 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is intended to be the premier observatory of the 2020s, combining the largest mirror yet on a near-infrared space telescope with a suite of technologically advanced instruments from around the world.

  6. Ariane flight VA256 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_flight_VA256

    Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into space on 25 December 2021. [3] It was 2021's final Ariane flight, its most valuable payload to date, and the 256th Ariane mission.

  7. Webb's First Deep Field - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb's_First_Deep_Field

    Webb's First Deep Field. Webb's First Deep Field is the first operational image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The deep-field photograph, which covers a tiny area of sky visible from the Southern Hemisphere, is centered on SMACS 0723, a galaxy cluster in the constellation of Volans.

  8. JADES-GS-z13-0 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JADES-GS-z13-0

    JADES-GS-z13-0 is a high-redshift Lyman-break galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during NIRCam imaging for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) on 29 September 2022.

  9. NIRCam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIRCam

    NIRCam wrapped up in 2013 NIRCam being installed in 2014. NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) is an instrument aboard the James Webb Space Telescope.It has two major tasks, as an imager from 0.6 to 5 μm wavelength, and as a wavefront sensor to keep the 18-section mirrors functioning as one.