Open AccessFinal Mirror Segment Added to Powerful Future Space Observatory
Author(s) -
Randy Showstack
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo045723
Subject(s) - observatory , space observatory , space (punctuation) , astronomy , virtual observatory , physics , computer science , astrobiology , remote sensing , geology , operating system , infrared
After years of planning, testing, and assembly, the James Webb Space Telescope, the world's largest infrared, space-based observatory, is taking shape.