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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 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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    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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    for Exoplanet Science - The James Webb Space Telescope is opening an exciting new chapter in the study of exoplanets and the search for life beyond Earth"...
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    The spacecraft bus is a carbon fibre box that houses systems of the telescope and so is the primary support element of the James Webb Space Telescope...
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    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed primarily to conduct infrared astronomy. Its complex launch and commissioning process...
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    the Spitzer Space Telescope (which covers the infrared bands). The mid-IR-to-visible band successor to the Hubble telescope is the James Webb Space Telescope...
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    Optical Telescope Element (OTE) is a sub-section of the James Webb Space Telescope, a large infrared space telescope launched on 25 December 2021, consisting...
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    Ariane flight VA256 (category James Webb Space Telescope)
    launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space on 25 December 2021. It was 2021's final Ariane flight, its most valuable payload to date, and the 256th...
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    Integrated Science Instrument Module (category James Webb Space Telescope)
    component of the James Webb Space Telescope, a large international infrared space telescope launched on 25 December 2021. ISIM is the heart of the JWST, and...
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  • The following timeline lists the significant events in the invention and development of the telescope. c.2560 BC–c.860 BC — Egyptian artisans polish rock...
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    was the James Webb Space Telescope on December 25, 2021, in Kourou, French Guiana. The Webb telescope detects infrared light. The name "telescope" covers...
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    times that of the Hubble Space Telescope and four times that of the James Webb Space Telescope, although it will be unable to image in the same infrared...
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  • a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space. This...
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    astrophysics topics, such as the Big Bang, through the James Webb Space Telescope, the Great Observatories and associated programs. The Launch Services Program...
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    Roman Space Telescope (formerly WFIRST) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), 2021- Euclid, 2023- Infrared astronomy List of largest infrared telescopes List...
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    poor measure of a telescope's performance. Space-based telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, take advantage of being above the Earth's atmosphere...
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    NIRCam (category James Webb Space Telescope instruments)
    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...
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    NIRSpec (category James Webb Space Telescope instruments)
    The NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) is one of the four scientific instruments flown on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST is the follow-on...
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    Spirit, the world's only known stealth bomber. Among its other projects are the development and production of the James Webb Space Telescope, an orbiting...
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    List of solar telescopes List of space telescopes List of telescopes of Australia List of largest optical telescopes in the British Isles List of telescope...
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    The Einstein Probe (EP) is an X-ray space telescope mission by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in partnership with European Space Agency (ESA) and the...
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    radiation exposure. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or "Webb") is a space telescope that is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The JWST will provide...
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  • Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology. Taosi Astronomical Observatory, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, China Shadow...
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    2. "Social Media Short: The James Webb Space Telescope Passes Final Thermal Vacuum Test". YouTube. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). July 11, 2019. Retrieved...
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    Fine Guidance Sensor and Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (category James Webb Space Telescope instruments)
    the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that combines a Fine Guidance Sensor and a science instrument, a near-infrared imager and a spectrograph. The FGS/NIRISS...
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    follow a trajectory on the Interplanetary Transport Network. A space telescope or space observatory is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical...
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    WHL0137-LS (category Hubble Space Telescope)
    observations by Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope have been proposed to better define the properties of the star. James Webb's higher sensitivity is...
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  • JWST, or the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021. It will be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. It will survey the sky in the infrared...
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  • The following is a timeline of galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure of the universe. 5th century BC — Democritus proposes that the...
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