With the completion of its latest series of milestone tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now survived all of the harsh conditions associated with a rocket launch to space. Webb’s recent ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The first mirror segment that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has completed its first series of cryogenic temperature tests in the ...
NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel Assembly — through a rigorous "spin test" designed to evaluate its resilience against the intense gravitational forces ...
Now well beyond the moon, the James Webb Space Telescope has begun a nail-biting series of steps to safely unfurl the observatory's fragile sunshield. The five-layer sunshade, the size of a tennis ...
A test image captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in May. The dots with six sunbeams stretching outward are stars, while the other sources of light are distant galaxies. (NASA, CSA and FGS ...
The WFI will detect distant infrared light from around the universe and provide high-resolution images across wide swaths of the sky, helping scientists find and study new exoplanets, better ...
Space rarely gives up its secrets easily. For instance, what looks like a single ...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (BAESY) (LON:BA) has successfully shipped the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument (WFI) to NASA's Goddard Space ...
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s upcoming flagship observatory, has passed a crucial vibration test that simulates the violent shaking it will endure during launch. The announcement was ...
Completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirror being transported and integrated with a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. TUCSON, AZ — October 15, 2024 — ...
The test took place inside a massive centrifuge that mimics the elevated gravity conditions of a space mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI), the primary scientific instrument on NASA’s next-generation observatory, has entered the final ...