News tagged with cryogenic temperature
NASA engineers testing Webb telescope's OSIM and BIA instruments
(Phys.org) -- Several critical items related to NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope are being tested in the giant thermal vacuum test chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Powering wind energy with superconductivity
Energy prices and environmental concerns are driving the United States to rethink its energy mix and to develop domestic sources of clean, renewable energy.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 21, 2011 |
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James Webb telescope completes mirror-coating milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development. The mirrors that will fly aboard the telescope have completed the coating process at Quantum Coating Inc. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Webb Telescope's MIRI flight instrument completes cryogenic testing in the UK
A pioneering camera and spectrometer that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has completed cryogenic testing designed to mimic the harsh conditions it will experience in space. The Mid-Infrared ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2011 |
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NASA's next generation space telescope marks key milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first six of 18 segments that will form NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror for space observations will begin final round-the-clock cryogenic testing this week. These tests ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Physicists move closer to efficient single-photon sources
A team of physicists in the United Kingdom has taken a giant step toward realizing efficient single-photon sources, which are expected to enable much-coveted completely secure optical communications, also known as "quantum ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Turning up the heat: Finding out how well the Webb telescope's sunshield will perform
(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping an infrared telescope at very cold operating temperatures isn't an option, it's an absolute necessity. For the James Webb Space Telescope to see the traces of infrared light generated ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Webb Telescope's first primary mirror meets cold temperature specifications, sets program landmark
The James Webb Space Telescope reached a mission-readiness landmark today when its first primary mirror segment was cryo-polished to its required prescription as measured at operational cryogenic temperatures. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Exploring the standard model of physics without the high-energy collider
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US, have performed sophisticated laser measurements to detect the subtle effects of one of nature's most ...
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Spitzer Telescope Warms Up to New Career
The primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five and a half years of probing the cosmos with its keen infrared eye. Within about a week of May 12, the telescope is ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 06, 2009 |
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James Webb Space Telescope first flight mirror completes cryogenic testing
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first mirror segment that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has completed its first series of cryogenic temperature tests in the X-ray ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2009 |
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