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Status of the James Webb Space Telescope

John Stansberry JWST Solar System Science Lead, STScI

Stefanie Milam JWST Deputy Project Scienst for Planetary Science NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

10 November 2015

12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 1 12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 2 Milam, 3 Flight ISIM test configuration

ISIM Electronics Compartment (IEC)

Harness Radiator (HR) FGS/NIRISS

MIRI NIRCam

NIRSpec

4 ISIM Cryo-vac 3 test started

The Integrated Science Instrument Module, containing the 4 science instruments and the Fine Guidance Sensor, being lifted from the vacuum chamber at Goddard Spaceflight Center.

CV3 underway.

Instrument + Telescope integration and testing at Johnson starts 2016.

5 Ambient Temp Making sure that it all works: Test Environment Cryogenic Vacuum § ISIM is on track for delivery to OTIS I&T during April 2016 Test Environment – ~2 months slack to OTIS need date Completed Activity – Final element-level space simulation test begins this month In Work

ISIM Subsystem Integration: ISIM Sensor Integration: Performance IEC, HR, Harness, FGS/NIRISS, MIRI Metrology Metrology Test: 1RR Thermal Control

Subsystem Replacement: NIRCam: SW-A SCAs, FPA light shields ISIM Sensor and Sensor Deintegration: Verification NIRSpec: FPA, MSA, MCE Electronics Integration: Metrology Metrology NIRCam, NIRSpec FGS FGS: FPAs Test: 2 NIRCam, NIRSpec NIRISS: FPA, Motor, Grisms MIRI, NIRCam, FGS electronics ISIM harnesses

We Are Here Oct 2015

Verification Feb 2016 Metrology Vibration Metrology Acoustics EMI/EMC Metrology Metrology Test: 3

6 Milam, 7 Pathfinder JWST primary-mirror central backplane and secondary mirror support structure in JSC Chamber A .

Optical test equipment delivered and installed. Pathfinder will be used to test alignment of multiple mirrors and the test equipment.

Milam, 8 Telescope Structure

12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 9 12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 10 Full Deployment Test

Milam, 11 Spacecraft Bus - Complete

12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 12 Test Preparations Underway

12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 13 JWST Integration

12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 14 In Sum …

Last element-level ISIM test Observatory end-to-end optical test begins during October 2015 begins during December 2016 in Launch 2018 from Kourou in GSFC SES chamber JSC Chamber-A Launch Center (French Guiana)

15 Solar System Science Applications of JWST

§ 12 JWST White Papers in press at PASP

§ JWST meeting at ESTEC, Oct. 2015

12 October 2015 Presentaon to: 49th ESLAB Symposium: Exploring the Universe with JWST 16 J. Stansberry 17 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 18 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 19 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 20 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 21 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 22 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 23 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 24 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 25 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall J. Stansberry 26 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall Exploring the Cosmos (and Solar System) with JWST (Oct. 12 – 16, ESTEC, Netherlands)

www.cosmos.esa.int/web/jwst/conferences/jwst2015

Asteroids – George Sonneborn Comets and TNOs – Emmanuel Lellouch Giant Planets – Heidi Hammel Occultations – Pablo Santos-Sanz Titan – Connor Nixon

J. Stansberry 27 (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall Thanks for Coming!

www.cosmos.esa.int/web/jwst/conferences/jwst2015

www.stsci.edu/jwst/science/solar-system

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28 J. Stansberry (STScI) DPS 47 (2015) JWST Townhall