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Over the course of the mission's five spacewalks, the crew added two new science instruments, repaired two others and replaced hardware that will extend the telescope's life at least through 2014.

NASA Watch: May 2009 Archives 2009

Wherever there was a phenomenon with large amounts of data and huge variation from one point in the data to another — a stock-market chart, an electrocardiogram readout, a telescope's output — he had a mathematical tool to study the irregularity: fractal geometry.

Farewell to a Creative Agitator Richard Hudson 2010

The optical sleight of hand used by the astronomers combined the telescope's "adaptive optics" with a technique called aperture mask interferometry: using a a deformable mirror to rapidly correct for atmospheric distortions to starlight.

New planet, the youngest ever found, is revealed by cosmic trick photography 2011

Yet when one compares the total cost of the James Webb—likely to be around $7 billion, spent over more than a decade—with the $200 billion price of the Shuttle program and the $100 billion spent on the International Space Station, the telescope's price seems reasonable.

Dark Matter, Black Holes and the First Stars Lawrence M. Krauss 2011

Since the telescope's invention some 400 years ago, it has allowed man to explore our galactic neighbors and well beyond into deep space.

Carolyn Bucior: The Fabric of My Cosmos Carolyn Bucior 2012

Gerry joined the SETI Institute in 2000, practically at the telescope's inception and uses the telescope for SETI research.

SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Dr. Gerry Harp -- Deciphering Celestial Signals in a New Way SETI Institute 2011

We spent about half the afternoon designing the guy wires that will keep the telescope's masts vertical and properly positioned; this involved a lot of basic trigonometry and quite a bit of figuring out what we have in terms of hardware, rope, and cable.

MDRS-88 sol 7: Engineering 2010

ROSAT's largest single fragment that could have hit is the telescope's heavy heat-resistant mirror.

ROSAT Satellite Enters Earth's Atmosphere 2011

Gerry joined the SETI Institute in 2000, practically at the telescope's inception and uses the telescope for SETI research.

SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Dr. Gerry Harp -- Deciphering Celestial Signals in a New Way SETI Institute 2011

Europe is a major contributor to MIRI, a key infrared camera and spectrometer for the JWST, but Europe seems likely to be little more than a spectator as the telescope's future gets caught up in the current Washington battles and brinkmanship over the US federal budget.

Spacewatch: the end of the era of space shuttles 2011