Chris Gunn, Christopher Wanjek

Inside the Star Factory

The Creation of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's Largest and Most Powerful Space Observatory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Photo documentary of the creation and launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the world's largest orbiting astronomy observatory"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 263mm x 329mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1404g
• ISBN-13: 9780262047906
• ISBN-10: 026204790X
• Artikelnr.: 65496160

Autorenporträt

Chris Gunn is a photographer based in Washington, DC, who specializes in creating images of science and technology. His photographs have been featured in Scientific American, Wired, National Geographic, and the New York Times. Christopher Wanjek is the author of Bad Medicine, Food at Work, and the acclaimed Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond. His work has appeared in such venues as the Washington Post, Smithsonian, and Live Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: A Cosmic Journey xi
Introduction 1
A Telescope Thirty Years in the Making
The Science of the James Webb Space Telescope 13
Meet the Team 33
Thousands of Machinists, engineers, scientists, and communication
specialists made Webb a reality. We profile nine here. 
The Webb Telescope's Engineering Odyssey 57
Photographs and Captions by Chris Gunn
Meet the Components 163
Conclusion 167
Acknowledgments 169
Index 173