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JWST Mission Operations recently celebrated a very special “Bring Your Child to Work Day” designed to captivate young minds and provide a glimpse into the inner workings of mission operations. From origami and IR camera photos to stomp rockets, each activity was meticulously curated to ignite curiosity and foster exploration.
STScI will participate in the 244th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Madison, Wisconsin, June 9–13. Throughout the week, members of STScI will be involved in a wide variety of science and technical presentations, press releases, press conferences, and an STScI Town Hall.
STScI recently completed the proposal review and time allocation process for JWST Cycle 3. We received an astounding 1,931 proposals, a record for any observatory in response to any call for proposals! This illustrates the scientific community’s excitement over JWST’s performance and the ways the observatory is revolutionizing astronomy.
STScI recently completed the proposal review and time allocation process for JWST Cycle 2. A record-breaking 1,601 proposals were received!
STScI will participate in the 243rd AAS Meeting in New Orleans, January 7 – 11, 2024, contributing to a wide range of workshops, science sessions, splinter meetings, and exhibits.
Members of STScI will participate in the 242st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Albuquerque Convention Center June 4 – 8.
STScI will participate in the 241st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, January 8 – 12. There will be technical presentations in instrument sessions, a wide variety of science presentations, workshops, splinter sessions, town halls, press releases, press conferences, NASA Hyperwall talks, and an exhibit booth.
The Space Telescope Science Institute has released “stenv” to supersede Astroconda for its software distribution. Support for Astroconda will end on February 1, 2023.
The Space Telescope Science Institute will have staff members participating in the 240th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA, June 12–16, 2022.
The commissioning of the NASA, ESA, CSA JWST continued to progress according to the mission plan.
The Short-Term Scheduling Branch of the Science Operations & Engineering division at STScI develops and maintains science observation scheduling systems for Hubble, Webb, and Roman using modern software engineering practices.
A new cross-mission flux calibration working group was established at the Space Telescope Science Institute in November 2021.
Supporting science through quality engineering practices has always been a standing achievement at STScI. This is evident through years of successful science, development, and support of Hubble, Webb, Roman, MAST, and other missions.
The Space Telescope Science Institute's Spring 2022 Science Workshop, ''Large-Volume Spectroscopic Analyses of AGN and Star-Forming Galaxies in the Era of JWST,'' was dedicated to discussing the tools that astronomers currently use to analyze large numbers of complex spectroscopic data in active galactic nuclei and star-forming galaxies.
Commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope continues to be on track.
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The NASA James Webb Space Telescope, developed in partnership with ESA and CSA, is operated by AURA’s Space Telescope Science Institute.