the james webb telescope will be operating in 2019.
when will the james webb telescope be operating?
2019
again the trump administration proposed to terminate wfirst in its fy2020 budget proposal to congress. in testimony on march 27, 2019, nasa administrator jim bridenstine hinted that nasa would continue wfirst after the james webb space telescope, stating "wfirst will be a critical mission when james webb is on orbit." in a march 26, 2019 presentation to the national academies’ committee on astronomy and astrophysics, nasa astrophysics division director paul hertz stated that wfirst "is maintaining its $3.2 billion cost for now... we need $542 million in fy2020 to stay on track." at that time, it was stated that wfirst would hold its preliminary design review for the overall mission in october 2019 followed by a formal mission confirmation in early 2020.
wide field infrared survey telescope
the james webb space telescope is the next generation in deep space imaging systems. the james webb space telescope seeks to provide a better understanding of the origins of the earth and life in the universe. this telescope is significant to future scientific breakthroughs and through the realworld-inworld engineering design challenge students use the engineering design process to solve problems related to the james webb space telescope.





























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