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COS2035: Extending COS/FUV Operations Through the 2030s
Marc Rafelski, David Sahnow, Christian I. Johnson +29
The far-ultraviolet (FUV) detector of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) accumulates gain sag where photons land, and without continued mitigation this degradation would render…
The James Webb Space Telescope Mission
Jonathan P. Gardner, John C. Mather, Randy Abbott +1004
Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized…
The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning
Jane Rigby, Marshall Perrin, Michael McElwain +623
This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performanc…