Updates James Webb Space Telescope updates

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EurekAlert: NASA's Webb telescope team completes optical milestone

 

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NASAWebbTelescope:

 

[N_Molson]

Given the outstanding discoveries made by Hubble, I can't even imagine what that one will be able to "see" !

 

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Phys.org: NASA's Webb Telescope components meet 'Big Red'

 

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NASA: NASA's Webb Telescope Gets Its Wings

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NASA News Release: RELEASE : 13-072 - NASA's Webb Telescope Gets Its Wings

Phys.org: James Webb Telescope gets its wings

EurekAlert: NASA's Webb Telescope gets its wings

 

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NASA: NASA Provides a Super-speed Look at Webb Telescope Progress


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Phys.org: Image: James Webb Space Telescope wings arrive for testing at Marshall:

 

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NASASpaceflight: ASAP pleased with reformulated forward path for JWST

 

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NASA: NASA Testing the Webb Telescope's MIRI Thermal Shield

Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn​

 

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NASA: New Webb Telescope Video Takes Viewers to a Vacuum Chamber

 

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NASA: New Video Reveals NASA's Webb Telescope is 'Shaping Up'

Space News: Editorial | JWST: Walking a Tightrope

SpaceRef: NASA's Webb Telescope is Shaping Up

 

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Space News: JWST On Cost, On Schedule after Shutdown

NASA: New Video Shows Arrival of Webb Telescope 'Super-eye' at NASA

 

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NASA: Key Elements of James Webb Space Telescope Complete Testing at Marshall

 

[mahdavi3d]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxLAGchWnA&"]James Webb Space Telescope Deployment In Detail - YouTube[/ame]​

 

[Keatah]

I wonder if all that stuff will work. All that origami just screams GALILEO all over again.

 

[Unstung]

The engineers should have learned from the mistakes with Galileo and Hubble. James Webb will hopefully not be delayed for a few years after it's ready like either mission, but any lubricant that is used would probably be double checked in that case. Also, the mirrors must have been more meticulously grounded than Hubble. What is really dangerous are the unforeseen issues, problems that have not occurred before and were never thought about. With such a complex spacecraft, there must be many of them which is scary.

 

[IronRain]

Also, the mirrors must have been more meticulously grounded than Hubble.

This or a shuttle like servicing mission with the Orion spacecraft :lol:

 

[Notebook]

Been a while, but some news:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36232735

 

[Notebook]

Booh!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37861015

James Webb: Two years to Hubble successor's launch

 

[Keatah]

Why don't they make a quieter and smoother rocket so they don't have to shake and break it here on Earth..?