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James Webb Space Telescope, Successor to Hubble

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• Guiding Light: The Canadian Space Agency "Eyes" Hubble's Successor

  The Canadian Space Agency has delivered a test unit of its contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope, successor of the Hubble Space Telescope, to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. For more information...

• Super-Tough Sunshield to Fly on the James Webb Space Telescope

  Imagine sunglasses that can withstand the severe cold and heat of space, a barrage of radiation and high-speed impacts from small space debris. They don't exist, but Northrop Grumman engineers have created a Sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope that can withstand all of those elements. The space telescope needs a Sunshield to block heat from the sun so its cameras and instruments can operate properly a million miles from the Earth, when it launches in 2014. For more information...

• The James Webb Space Telescope Delights the Public at the Old Port of Montreal

  An enormous life-sized model of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) attracted many curious visitors at Place des Vestiges in the Old Port of Montreal, where it was on display during the "Meet Hubble's Heir" event.
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• First direct observation of exoplanets

  An international team of astrophysicists, including René Doyon, a professor with the Department of Physics at the University of Montreal, as well as Christian Marois and David Lafrenière, was the first in the world to directly observe the existence of planets around stars other than the Sun. For more information...

• Out-of-this-world exhibit coming this summer to the Old Port of Montreal

  A life-sized model of the James Webb Space Telescope, which stands at 22 metres high, 12 metres wide and 22 metres long, will tower over other attractions at the Old Port of Montreal during the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), from July 11 to 20, 2008. For more information...

• Canada's contribution to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

  Gary Goodyear, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, on behalf of the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), today announced the award of a $39-million contract to COM DEV for the building of the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and the Tuneable Filter Imager (TFI) camera for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The FGS is a critical instrument that will locate stars to high precision and keep the telescope pointed accurately while it works. TFI will provide a unique infrared imaging capability for JWST.