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The selected design for JWSTJames Webb Space Telescope This image shows the James Webb Space Telescope as it will be built by Northrop Grumman Space Technology for NASA, ESA, and CSA. JWST development is led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (www.jwst.nasa.gov). The observatory has been named after NASA's second administrator, best known for his leadership of the Apollo missions. [Press Release] [More Images]

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John Mather visits the Webb Science and Operations Center

As the Webb project reaches its peak development years, the Webb Science and Operations Center (S&OC) at the STScI is ramping up its development of the ground system for commissioning and science operations. John Mather, the NASA Senior Project Scientist for JWST, visited the Institute on December 5 2007 to meet the S&OC staff. He was treated to an overview of the ground system and several prototype demonstrations including selection of NIRSpec apertures for multi-object spectroscopy and on-board scripts actually running the observation.

After John’s colloquium presentation, From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and on to James Webb Space Telescope, he enjoyed dinner with the Director and senior staff from the STScI and the JHU physics and astronomy department and their 2007 Brickwedde speaker, David Gross (U.C. Santa Barbara).


Caption: Dr. John Mather (left) with Prof. David Gross (U.C. Santa Barbara, center), and the STScI Director, Dr. Matt Mountain (right). (courtesy of Coyle Commercial Photographics, John J. Coyle, Jr.)

This Northrop Grumman SPIE article describes the selected architecture, its expected performance and the plans for integration and testing. Even though many details in the design have changed since this article was written, many of the design choices and procedures are still valid.

Sensitivity information for JWST is provided. Detailed exposure time calculations and mission completion time estimates can be generated by the JWST Mission Simulator.
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