2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Paths to Robust Exoplanet Science Yield Margin for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Christopher C. Stark, Bertrand Mennesson, Steve Bryson +11
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will seek to detect and characterize potentially Earth-like planets around other stars. To ensure that the mission achieves the Astro2020 Dec…
astro-ph.IM2025
Genesis of the James Webb Space Telescope Architecture: The Designers' Story
Pierre Y. Bely, Garth D. Illingworth, Jonathan W. Arenberg +15
The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, is an infrared observatory of novel design: deployable, with active optics, fully open to space for radiative cooling and orbiting…