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NIST performs measurements for James Webb Space Telescope.
2016-02-04 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NIST has accurately measured parts designed for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. NIST mechanical engineer John Stoup and his colleagues performed measurements of 4 alignment mounts that support and help to position a major Webb telescope structure known as the Primary Mirror Backplane Support Structure. Structure will hold telescope’s 21 ft diameter mirror as well as approximately 5,300 lb of telescope’s instruments and optical components.
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NASAs James Webb Space Telescope now on track for final mirror assembly
2016-01-26 21:00:35| Extremetech
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has hit critical development milestones and is nearing final assembly. NASA is confident of its launch timeline, currently set for October 2018.
Hawaii telescope official: Fate of project rests with state
2016-01-23 02:53:56| Airlines - Topix.net
Thirty Meter Telescope Executive Director Ed Stone talks to reporters in Honolulu on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 after participating in a Chamber of Commerce Hawaii panel on the future of Mauna Kea. The executive director of the embattled Thirty Meter Telescope says he wants to move forward with the project but is waiting to hear from state officials about how to proceed after the Hawaii Supreme Court invalidated a key construction permit.
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01.19.16 -- International LOFAR Radio Telescope To Extend To Ireland
2016-01-15 10:18:39| rfglobalnet Home Page
01/19/16 RF Globalnet Newsletter
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International LOFAR Radio Telescope To Extend To Ireland
2016-01-14 07:19:35| rfglobalnet Home Page
The world’s largest connected radio telescope is about to become even bigger! LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, will expand into Ireland in 2016. This is not only great news for Irish astrophysics, but also for the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT).
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