James Webb

Canada Unveils its Contributions to the JWST

July 25, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Today Canada’s Minister of Industry Christian Paradis unveiled the technologies that comprise Canada’s contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope, a next-generation infrared observatory that’s seen as the successor to Hubble. Remove this ad

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James Webb Mirrors Pass Deep-Freeze Exams

December 24, 2011

The last of the 21 mirrors for the James Webb Space Telescope have come out of deep freeze – literally! – and are now approved for space operations, a major milestone in the development of the next generation telescope that’s being hailed as the “successor to Hubble.” Remove this ad

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Senate Approves Bill Funding JWST

November 1, 2011

This afternoon the U.S. Senate approved H.R. 2112, a FY 2012 bill from Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski that would fund the James Webb Space Telescope to launch in 2018. This is another step forward for the next-generation space telescope, which many have called the successor to Hubble… all that now remains is for the House [...]

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What is Vision? (A Save The James Webb Support Video)

October 9, 2011

Do you love astronomy? Do you appreciate science? Do you have a curiosity about the nature of our Universe, how it came to be and what our place is within it? If you are even reading this I assume your answers to all of those questions is a resounding “yes!” and so I present to [...]

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