Success in Critical Communications Tests for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 10:53
in Astronomy & Space
When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is en route to and in orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, continuous communications with its Mission Operations Center (MOC) in Baltimore will be essential. Recently, at the Space Telescope Science Institute--home of the MOC--Webb's Flight Operations Team successfully completed two critical communications tests.