Cryogenic testing on the successor of Hubble Telescope
2018-05-25
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been orbiting the earth since 1990. It observes the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra. It could last until 2030 2040 but a scientific successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is scheduled for launch in the spring of 2019, in Kourou, French Guiana.