After the Canadarm, the Canadeyes for the future Webb Telescope

Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 10:01 in Astronomy & Space

Two instruments whose development was led by by the University of Montreal's Professor René Doyon, known by the acronyms NIRISS and FGS, will be integrated into the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb for short) that will replace Hubble in 2018. The twin instruments leave Canada today and will arrive at NASA at the end of July.

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