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James Webb Space Telescope: A year of achievement and success
The James Webb Space Telescope marked a year of significant progress in 2011 as it continues to come together as NASA's next generation space telescope. The year brought forth a pathfinder backplane to support ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 09, 2012 |
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The observatory above the clouds
If you want to reach for the stars, you have to lift off. This could be the motto of Sofia, a jumbo jet which has been converted into an observatory. On board it carries a 2.7-metre telescope, which the researchers ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2011 |
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James Webb telescope completes mirror-coating milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development. The mirrors that will fly aboard the telescope have completed the coating process at Quantum Coating Inc. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Being 'secondary' is important for a Webb Telescope mirror
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Secondary" may not sound as important as "primary" but when it comes to the next-generation James Webb Space Telescope a secondary mirror plays a critical role in ensuring the telescope gathers ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Subaru 8-meter telescope damaged by leaking coolant
A "serious hardware incident" has shut down the Subaru Telescope indefinitely. A leak allowed orange-colored coolant to spill over the primary mirror and into the main camera, as well as into other instruments ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Space telescope's beryllium mirrors
There are heavy metal videos, and now there's a "Not so heavy metal video." This one isn't about music however, it's about beryllium, the primary ingredient in making state-of-the-art mirrors for the next ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Flying Telescope Passes Key Test
Most astronomers wouldn't dream of opening their observatory's doors in 100 mph winds. Yet NASA's new SOFIA telescope recently flew in an airplane at 250 mph with doors wide open.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 08, 2010 |
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Keeping a 'trained eye' on the James Webb Space Telescope
NASA and Northrop Grumman are keeping a "trained eye" on the James Webb Space Telescope, by training their engineers on how to handle and assemble the telescope's Optical Telescope Element (OTE), also known ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Controlling the building blocks of life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple and reliable method for converting one of the simplest chemical entities into one of the most difficult-to-make molecular building blocks of life, with complete control over its shape, ...
Dec 10, 2008 |
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Giant Furnace Opens to Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror Blank
(PhysOrg.com) -- The single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blank cast for the LSST is "perfect", say project astronomers and engineers.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 02, 2008 |
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