PIX4645619: Spitzer space telescope - The Spitzer space telescope. - Spitzer space telescope observes the Universe in infrared; it was launched and put into orbit in August 2003. Seen here in preparation at the Kennedy Space Center in May 2003. Workers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida inspect Spitzer space telescope. 02 May 2003. The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003. During its mission, Spitzer will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space between wavelengths of 3 and 180 microns (1 micron is one - millionth of a meter). Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645724: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Artist View - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Artist view - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared - optimized space telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy and will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645803: James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors (JWST) - Testing of the JWST's mirrors: Six of the 18 JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) mirrors seen at Nasa's Marshall Space Center. These mirrors will be tested there to ensure they will resist the extreme temperatures of space vacuum. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared - Ball Aerospace lead optical test engineer Dave Chaney inspects six primary mirror segments, critical elements of Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope, prior to cryogenic testing in the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched in 2018 to study the formation of the first stars and galaxies and shed new light on the evolution of the universe / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645828: James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors (JWST) - Testing of the JWST's mirrors: Examination of two mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at Nasa's Goddard Space Center. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared - Inside Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center's giant clean room in Greenbelt, Md., JWST Optical Engineer Larkin Carey from Ball Aerospace, examines two test mirror segments recently placed on a black composite structure. This black composite structure is called the James Webb Space Telescope's “” Pathfinder”” and acts as a spine supporting the telescope's primary mirror segments. The Pathfinder is a non-flight prototype - The mirrors were placed on Pathfinder using a robotic arm move that involved highly trained engineers and technicians from Exelis, Northrop Grumman and NASA - The James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It will be the most powerful space telescope ever built. Webb is an international project led by NASA with its partners, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644929: Hubble Space Telescope: 1st Maintenance Mission 12 - 1993 - Astronaut Story Musgrave on the arm of Shuttle Endeavour is heading towards the Hubble Telescope. Underneath, astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman, completes the final reparations in this fifth and last extravehicular ride. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644941: Hubble Space Telescope: 1st Maintenance Mission 12 - 1993 - Hubble Space Telescope: 1st Maintenance Mission 12 - 1993 - Astronauts Story Musgrave (top) and Jeffrey Hoffman on the Arm of the Shuttle Endeavour complete final repairs in the fifth and last extravehicular exit / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645293: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - The space telescope seen from the shuttle Atlantis during its capture for its fourth maintenance mission, May 13, 2009. An STS - 125 crewmember onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis snapped a still photo of the Hubble Space Telescope following grapple of the giant observatory by the shuttle's Canadian - built remote manipulator system. 13 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645304: Hubble space telescope: end of 4th maintenance mission 03/2002 - Hubble space telescope: end of fourth repair mission 03/2002 - Hubble space telescope over Africa seen from Shuttle Columbia. The Hubble space telescope seen above Africa after its deployment on march 9 2002 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645342: Astronaut John Grunsfeld - 05/2009 - Astronaut John Grunsfeld - 05/2009 - Close up of astronaut John Grunsfeld during his first extravehicular exit to maintain the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). 14 May 2009. In this close - up scene featuring astronaut John Grunsfeld performing a spacewalk to work on the Hubble Space Telescope, the reflection in his helmet visor shows astronaut Andrew Feustel taking the photo as he's perched on the end of the Canadian - built remote manipulator system arm. The mission specialists are performing the first of five STS - 125 spacewalks and the first of three for this duo. 14 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645385: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - Astronaut Michael Good performs various maintenance tasks on the Hubble space telescope (HST) during the fourth of five space sorties planned during the STS mission - 125. 17 May 2009. With a mostly dark home planet behind him, astronaut Michael Good, STS - 125 mission specialist, rides Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm to the exact position he needs to be to continue work on the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronaut Mike Massimino, who shared two spacewalks with Good during the last week, is out of frame. 17 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645435: Hubble space telescope: end of the 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: end of the fourth repair mission - The Hubble space telescope (HST) seen from space shuttle Atlantis after their separation on 19 May 2009. An STS - 125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation on May 19, after having been linked together for the better part of a week. During the week five spacewalks were performed to complete the final servicing. 19 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645443: Hubble space telescope: end of the 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: end of the fourth repair mission - The Hubble space telescope (HST) seen from space shuttle Atlantis after their separation on 19 May 2009. An STS - 125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation on May 19, after having been linked together for the better part of a week. During the week five spacewalks were performed to complete the final servicing. 19 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images