The James Webb space telescope: Mission overview and status

Matthew A. Greenhouse; John C. Mather; Mark Clampin; Rene Doyon; Kathryn A. Flanagan; Marijn Franx; Heidi B. Hammel; John B. Hutchings; Peter Jakobsen; Simon J. Lilly; Jonathan I. Lunine; Mark J. McCaughrean; Matt Mountain; George H. Rieke; Marcia J. Rieke; George Sonneborn; Massimo Stiavelli; Rogier Windhorst; Gillian S. Wright

doi:10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064655

The James Webb space telescope: Mission overview and status

Matthew A. Greenhouse, John C. Mather, Mark Clampin, Rene Doyon, Kathryn A. Flanagan, Marijn Franx, Heidi B. Hammel, John B. Hutchings, Peter Jakobsen, Simon J. Lilly, Jonathan I. Lunine, Mark J. McCaughrean, Matt Mountain, George H. Rieke, Marcia J. Rieke, George Sonneborn, Massimo Stiavelli, Rogier Windhorst, Gillian S. Wright

Earth and Space Exploration, School of (SESE)

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the infrared successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. It is a cryogenic infrared space observatory with a 25 m² aperture (6 m class) telescope yielding diffraction limited angular resolution at a wavelength of 2 um. The science instrument payload includes three passively cooled near-infrared instruments providing broad- and narrow-band imagery, coronagraphy, as well as multi-object and integral-field spectroscopy over the 0.6 < λ < 5.0 um spectrum. An actively cooled mid-infrared instrument provides broad-band imagery, coronagraphy, and integral-field spectroscopy over the 5.0 < λ < 29 um spectrum. The JWST is being developed by NASA, in partnership with the European and Canadian Space Agencies, as a general user facility with science observations to be proposed by the international astronomical community in a manner similar to the Hubble Space Telescope. Technology development and mission design are complete, and construction is underway in all areas of the program.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064655
State	Published - 2011
Event	2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011 - Athens, Greece Duration: Sep 15 2011 → Sep 17 2011

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Other	2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	9/15/11 → 9/17/11

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Greenhouse, M. A., Mather, J. C., Clampin, M., Doyon, R., Flanagan, K. A., Franx, M., Hammel, H. B., Hutchings, J. B., Jakobsen, P., Lilly, S. J., Lunine, J. I., McCaughrean, M. J., Mountain, M., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., Sonneborn, G., Stiavelli, M., Windhorst, R., & Wright, G. S. (2011). The James Webb space telescope: Mission overview and status. In 2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011 Article 6064655 (2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064655

Greenhouse, MA, Mather, JC, Clampin, M, Doyon, R, Flanagan, KA, Franx, M, Hammel, HB, Hutchings, JB, Jakobsen, P, Lilly, SJ, Lunine, JI, McCaughrean, MJ, Mountain, M, Rieke, GH, Rieke, MJ, Sonneborn, G, Stiavelli, M, Windhorst, R & Wright, GS 2011, The James Webb space telescope: Mission overview and status. in 2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011., 6064655, 2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011, 2nd International Conference on Space Technology, ICST 2011, Athens, Greece, 9/15/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064655

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