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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope are in high demand by the worldwide scientific community.

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Researchers worldwide applied for observing time and grants to use NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. They published more than 960 peer-reviewed papers using Hubble data in 2022, and Webb data were used in 50 publications. Expand the charts below to see the demand in detail. GO indicates general observer, AR denotes archival, and part indicates a combination of the two.

Oversubscription Ratios

Line chart shows the oversubscription cycle from cycle one through cycle 30
Hubble Space Telescope
Line chart shows the oversubscription cycle from cycle one through cycle two
Webb Space Telescope

 

Distributed Grants

Line chart shows grant funds from 1989 to 2022 in millions of dollars
Hubble Space Telescope
Line chart shows grant funds from 2019 to 2022 in millions of dollars
Webb Space Telescope

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Graph shows increasing publications based on archival, general observer data, and a mix from 1991 to 2022
Hubble Space Telescope
Graph shows publications based on archival, general observer data, and a mix in 2022
Webb Space Telescope

 

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