Image Archive: James Webb Space Telescope

Image of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope from March 2020.

Sat, 21 May 2022 18:00:00 +0200

Image of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope from March 2020.

Artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0200

Separation of Webb

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0100

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is separated from the Ariane 5 and flying on its own.

The James Webb Space Telescope

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0200

In addition to looking at distant stars, galaxies and exoplanets, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope will investigate our Solar System.

Comparison of Hubble and James Webb mirror (annotated)

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 07:25:58 +0100

This illustration shows both the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and compares their respective mirrors. The main mirror of Hubble has a diameter of 2.4 metres, the foldable main mirror of James Webb is even 6.5 metres in diameter.

Comparison of Hubble and James Webb mirror

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 07:25:48 +0100

JWST OTIS set for testing in space simulation chamber

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:28:42 +0100

The combined Optical Telescope element / Integrated Science instrument module (OTIS) of the James Webb Space Telescope sits in front of the door to Chamber A, a giant thermal vacuum chamber located at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:41:26 +0100

Artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope showing its primary mirror pointing into the cosmos.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:41:25 +0100

Artist's impression of James Webb Space Telescope, peering into a far away nebula.

The James Webb Space Telescope

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:41:25 +0100

The James Webb Space Telescope peers into the cosmos.

The James Webb Space Telescope and Herschel

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:41:24 +0100

This image shows the orbits of both the JWST and Herschel space telescopes. They will both orbit at the Earth-Sun L2 point.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:34:31 +0100

The James Webb Space Telescope transits in front of the Milky Way.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:34:30 +0100

The James Webb Space Telescope observing the cosmos.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:34:30 +0100

The main components of the James Webb Space Telescope.

L2 orbit of JWST

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:25:38 +0100

Orbit of James Webb Space Telescope

Simulation of JWST performance

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:25:37 +0100

Billions and billions! A simulation of JWST's field of view shows galaxies with unprecedented clarity.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:25:37 +0100

The James Webb Space Telescope turns its sun shield towards our home star, protecting the optics from the glaring sunlight.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:25:36 +0100

The James Webb Space Telescope turning its attention to a nebula.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:25:36 +0100

The James Web Space Telescope displaying its primary mirror, sun shield, solar panels and spacecraft bus.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:25:35 +0100

The blue coloured solar panels of the JWST are attached to the main spacecraft bus, which contains the propulsion subsystem...essential for maintaining the telescope's orbit.

The James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:25:35 +0100

3D rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the primary mirror and multi-layered sun shield.

James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:23:51 +0100

The James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope (artist's impression)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:23:50 +0100

The James Webb Space Telescope

Cosmic timeline

Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:00:00 +0200

Observatories continue to reach farther back in time to study the evolution of stars and galaxies. This illustration shows that the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys looked back billions of years to see the first galaxies. Their combined effort was part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS). Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will gaze even farther back in time to the birth of the first stars.

Through the Eyes of JWST (simulation)

Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:00:00 +0200

This is a simulated view of the far universe as seen through the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The photograph shows a simulated 20-hour observation with NGST of a random patch of the sky, located far from the plane of our Milky Way, that is cluttered with stars.

NASA has selected TRW to build the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. This space-based observatoryis called the James Webb Space Telescope, named after James E. Webb, NASA's second administrator. While Webb is best known for leading Apollo and a series of lunar exploration programs that landed the first humans on the Moon, he also initiated a vigorous space science program, responsible for more than 75 launches during his tenure, including America's first interplanetary explorers.