Scott Lambros and the James Webb Space Telescope - The Cosmic Companion May 18, 2021
A look in on the James Webb Space Telescope, with Scott Lambros, NASA's Instrument Systems Manager for this revolutionary space telescope.
An inside look at the James Webb Space Telescope, with Scott Lambros, NASA’s Instrument Systems Manager for this upcoming space telescope. Plus, news from Voyager 1, and — volcanoes on Mars?
Hello everyone!
This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we take an up-close look at what will be the most-advanced telescope ever to launch into space, the James Webb Space Telescope. We welcome Scott Lambros, Instrument Systems Manager for this remarkable instrument, back to the show!
But first, we look at new evidence for volcanic eruptions on Mars in the surprisingly-recent past. We also head out to the distant void of space as Voyager 1 detects a faint hum which could help us better understand interstellar space. Finally, we turn our sights to the James Webb Space Telescope as it unfurls its massive mirror for the final time on Earth, before talking with our special guest, who just returned from conducting the tests.
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Scott Lambros returns to Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion May 18, 2021.
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This week (s4/e20): NASA’s Scott Lambros, Instrument Systems Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope, tells us about this remarkable observatory.
May 25 (s4/e21): The Interstellar probe – exploring space between the stars with Dr. Elena Provornikova from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
June 1 (s4/e22): Using computer modeling to peer inside the atmosphere of Saturn with Dr. Sabine Stanley of Johns Hopkins University.
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