James Webb Space Telescope
NASA/ESA/CSA space telescope launched in 2021
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Models
editBus
editSunshield
editStructure
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Telescope structure
Mirrors
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editThree Mirrors
editPrimary Mirror
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One of the segment of the Primary Mirror.
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Primary Mirror
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Time-lapse- The Assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror
Secondary Mirror
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Secondary Mirror
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Secondary Mirror
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Secondary Mirror
Tertiary Mirror / aft optics
editInstruments
editIntegrated Science Instrument Module
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ISIM Electronics Compartment
NIRCam
editNIRSpec
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Microshutters
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Microshutters
MIRI
editFGS
editNIRISS
editFully assembled
editOTIS
editIntegration
editTesting
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ISIM Lowered into Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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Sunshield deployement
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In Chamber A of the Environment Simulation Laboratory Chamber that simulate the ace
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in the NASA Johnson Space Center's Chamber A cleanroom from the arrival to its roll out from the chamber after completing its cryogenic testing.
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Solar Array Deployment Tests (video)
Journey to Space
editVideos
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Part 1 :Packed and Transported to the Ship
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Part 2- Loading and Departing
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Part 3- Arrival and Off-loading
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Part 4- Unpacking in the Cleanroom
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Part 5- Spacecraft Fueling.webm
Preparation and launch
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Arrival in French Guiana After Sea Voyage
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Inside the cleanroom at its launch site at Guiana Space Center, in French Guiana
In Space
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Telescope Deployment Sequence
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Orbit (video)
First light
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Segment identification mosaic
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18 unfocused images of same target star HD 84406
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Phase 1 annotated completion image of HD 84406
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"Before and after" effects of segment alignment
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18 segments "stacked" as a single image of HD 84406
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Image of the star, 2MASS J17554042+6551277, with a red filter to optimize visual contrast, after fine phasing step completed
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JWST image sharpness check
Ground segment
editOther diagrams
editPersonalities
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James E. Webb.
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John Mather senior for the Webb telescope.