EXPERT REACTION: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launch
Later this week, NASA is expected to launch the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from a launch site in French Guyana, on the back of an Ariane 5 rocket. The James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to the Hubble Telescope, which has been in operation since 1990.
Organisation/s: CSIRO, Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), The University of Queensland, University of Sydney, Macquarie University, Australian National University, University of Western Australia, Monash University, University of New South Wales, Flinders University, University of Southern Queensland
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Expert Reaction
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Monserrat (Monse) Loreto Martinez-Marin is an Astronomy PhD Student from Swinburne University of Technology.
Dr Daniel Price is a Professor in the School of Physics & Astronomy at Monash University
Research Professor Simon Driver is from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and International Space Centre at the University of Western Australia
Professor Karl Glazebrook is an ARC Laurate Fellow and Distinguished Professor at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
Glen Nagle is the Outreach and Visitor Centre Manager at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex which is part of NASA's Deep Space Network, CSIRO Space and Astronomy