Next Generation Space Telescope

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Next Generation Space Telescope

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LD: There are a host of new missions to be launched, such as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility and Next Generation Space Telescope. Do you expect any surprises from these observatories?

Space exploration in 2000 ... and beyond: Mars Landers, a Saturn orbiter, and the Hubble Space Telescope's big brother are just some of the highlights of space astronomy and planetary exploration in the first decades of the 21st century

These objects are the targets of NASA's Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), the proposed successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Cosmic dawn: pinning down the origin and nature of the first stars

In fact, NASA hopes to launch a 6-meter successor to Hubble, dubbed the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), within the coming decade.

The age of behemoths

The Next Generation Space Telescope will incorporate leading-edge technology in construction, optics, and deployment.

First glimpse

Nevertheless, compiling a collection of such objects will provide a head start for early-universe observations by the Next Generation Space Telescope, Hubble's larger successor planned for launch around 2009.

Zooming in on a protogalaxy

Detecting many of these faint bodies requires a keen eye, such as the Next Generation Space Telescope. The proposed successor to Hubble, it won't be launched for a decade.

Faint body may be galaxy building block

"For the next 10 years or so, there's no way to beat the expected performance of the Next Generation Space Telescope at visible wavelengths," says Ellerbroek, referring to the proposed 6-meter successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (recently downsized from 8 meters).