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...
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments...
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James, Jim or Jimmy Webb may refer to: Jim Webb (born 1946), American author, also politician (see below) James Webb (historian) (1946–1980), Scottish...
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James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of...
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an international 21st-century space observatory that was launched on 25 December 2021. It is intended to be the...
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the Phillips Report. This disclosure embarrassed NASA Administrator James E. Webb, who was unaware of the document's existence, and attracted controversy...
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Science, and Space Operations. The James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium, named for NASA's second administrator James E. Webb, hosts agency news conferences and...
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Distinguished Service Medal, to recently retired NASA administrator James E. Webb, for his "outstanding leadership of America's space program" since the...
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Deputy Administrator of NASA on January 31, 1968. Upon the retirement of James E. Webb on October 8, 1968, he was named Acting Administrator of NASA. He was...
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George James Webb, born on June 24, 1803, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, died on October 7, 1887, in Orange, New Jersey, was an English-American...
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Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, OM, PC (13 July 1859 – 13 October 1947) was a British socialist, economist and reformer, who co-founded the London...
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cheaper" approach to space programs. The only person to hold the post twice is James C. Fletcher, who returned to NASA following the Challenger disaster. The...
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James Watson Webb II (known as James Sr.) (July 1, 1884 – March 4, 1960) was an American polo champion and insurance executive. He was a grandson of William...
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and researching astrophysics topics, such as the Big Bang, through the James Webb Space Telescope, the Great Observatories and associated programs. The...
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not until May 25 was EVA approved for Gemini 4 by NASA administrator James E. Webb. Gemini 4 was launched on June 3, 1965. The mission lasted 97 hours...
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sunshield is a passive thermal control system deployed post-launch to shield the telescope and instrumentation from...
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crewed Moon landing. When Kennedy's newly appointed NASA Administrator James E. Webb requested a 30 percent budget increase for his agency, Kennedy supported...
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Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022. "Webb Telescope Team Honored with Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy". March 2023...
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University of Alabama. Oxford University Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0195096583. Webb, Debbie (June 11, 2003). "Wallace in the Schoolhouse Door: Marking the 40th...
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four-hour test, her first turboprop flight. In May 1961 NASA Administrator James Webb appointed Cobb as a consultant to the NASA space program. Although Cobb...
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Apollo 204 (later renumbered Apollo 1) spacecraft. NASA Administrator James E. Webb secured President Lyndon Johnson's approval for NASA to internally investigate...
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Thomas O. Paine. In turn, Paine recommended the mission to Administrator James E. Webb, who gave Kraft and his colleagues the authority to begin preparations...
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James Webb (1792–1856) was an attorney, judge, and politician in the Republic of Texas and during the early days of statehood after its annexation by the...
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NASA scientific projects. These diversions dismayed NASA's leader, James E. Webb, who perceived the need for NASA's support from the scientific community...
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as Bob Parker, CAPCOM during Apollo 17 in episode 12. Dan Lauria as James E. Webb, NASA's second Administrator from 1961 to 1968; appears mainly in episodes...
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Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Its new administrator, James E. Webb, told him that there was no chance of beating the Russians to launching...
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inspiring and informing artists in this genre. NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb, created the space agency's Space Art program in 1962, four years after...
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not until May 25 was EVA approved for Gemini 4 by NASA administrator James E. Webb. White was a devout Methodist. On the Gemini 4 mission he carried three...
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as having been in "a terrible funk" at the time of the meeting with James E. Webb, the NASA administrator, and Dryden, his deputy, as the president wrestled...
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in a launch failure on October 10, 1960. In 1962, NASA Administrator James E. Webb informed the United States Congress that NASA believed the mission was...
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