{"id":8499,"date":"2023-09-15T10:34:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/power2innovate.com\/planning-is-underway-for-nasas-next-big-flagship-space-telescope\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:34:58","slug":"planning-is-underway-for-nasas-next-big-flagship-space-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/power2innovate.com\/planning-is-underway-for-nasas-next-big-flagship-space-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning is underway for NASA’s next big flagship space telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has only been operational for just over a year, but this isn’t stopping the world’s biggest space agency from discussing the next big space telescope that could serve as JWST’s successor sometime in the future. Enter the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), which was first proposed as NASA’s next flagship Astrophysics mission during the National Academy of Sciences’ Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 (Astro2020).<\/p>\n
While its potential technological capabilities include studying exoplanets, stars, galaxies, and a myriad of other celestial objects for life beyond Earth, there’s a long way to go before HWO will be wowing both scientists and the public with breathtaking images and new datasets.\n<\/p>\n
“Before we can design the mission, we need to develop the key technologies as much as possible,” said Dr. Dimitri Mawet, who is a Professor of Astronomy at Caltech and a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). “We are in a phase of technology maturation. The idea is to further advance the technologies that will enable the Habitable Worlds Observatory to deliver its revolutionary science while minimizing the risks of cost overruns down the line.”<\/p>\n \n
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