James Webb
Infrared space observatory
James Webb was an American government administrator who led NASA from 1961 to 1968, overseeing the Apollo program during the Space Race.
His name now appears most often in reference to the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021 as the most powerful space observatory ever built: The James Webb captured images of galaxies formed shortly after the Big Bang.
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- space telescopeInstrument observing cosmos from orbit
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- deep spaceRemote regions beyond planets
infrared · infrared light · Hubble · galaxies · universe · stars · mirrors · cosmos · deep · deep field · gold · orbit · images · first light · nebula · launch · astronomy · light
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- Space TelescopesHubble, JWST, Webb telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, space telescope
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- NASAApollo, Artemis, astronauts, Cape Canaveral, Hubble
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- space scienceastronomy class, planetary science, cosmology, planets, stars
wavelength/detection method
James WebbX-ray telescope
Instrument detecting high-energy cosmic radiation
Hubble Space Telescope · radio telescope · optical telescope