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James Webb Space Telescope: AURA Resource Center
James Webb Space Telescope: AURA Resource Center
August 4, 2015
AURA collects JWST documentation on this site as a service to our community, and provides the material on an "as-is" basis. For detailed information about JWST, see www.stsci.edu/jwst
You can also follow JWST updates on Twitter at @auraJWST.
Latest News
Statements from Government Officials
Materials Related to Congress and Congressional Hearings
Statements from Professional Organizations
Other Statements of Support
Discussions and Articles about JWST
Editorials and Op-Eds
JWST & NASA Documents
JWST Technical Progress
Other Resources
Statements from Government Officials
Materials Related to Congress and Congressional Hearings
Statements from Professional Organizations
Other Statements of Support
Discussions and Articles about JWST
Editorials and Op-Eds
JWST & NASA Documents
JWST Technical Progress
Other Resources
LATEST NEWS
Behind the Scenes at the James Webb Space Telescope, 31 July 2015, BBC World News
STATEMENTS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Statement by US Representative Steven Israel (NY) - 9 November 2011
Senator Mikulski discusses the impact of JWST on jobs - October 26, 2011 [Video]
Statement by Senator Barbara Mikulski
Statement by Steny Hoyer
Statement by Donna Edwards
MATERIALS RELATED TO CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
House Hearing, Appropriations CJS Subcommittee, 22 March 2012: written testimony from Bill Smith and Heidi Hammel
House Hearing December 6, 2011: Testimony from Garth Illingworth
House Hearing December 6, 2011: Illingworth Image Packet
House Hearing December 6, 2011: Webcast
House Appropriations Committee Markup Materials
Senate Appropriations Committee Markup Materials
STATEMENTS FROM PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Statement from the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy - 21 October 2011
Statement from the Universities Space Research Association - 7 October 2011
Statement from the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics - 12 September 2011
Statement from the Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics - 28 September 2011
Statement from the Spanish Astronomical Society - 7 September 2011
Statement from the Associazione Ricercatori Italiani in Astronomia e Astrofisica - 8 July 2011
Statement from the American Astronomical Society - 7 July 2011
Statement from the French Astronomical Society
Statement from the Royal Astronomical Society - 17 August 2011
Statement from SPIE - 5 August 2011
Statement from the Societa Astronomica Italiana - 8 August 2011
Statement from the American Physical Society (APS) - 5 August 2011
Statement from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
Statement from the European Astronomical Society
Statement from the International Astronomical Union
OTHER STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT
AURA Reaction to FY13 President's Budget Request for NASA
Letter from the James Webb Space Telescope Advisory Committee (JSTAC) to the Department of State - 30 January 2012
JWST Community Support from the Exoplanet Analysis Group (ExoPAG) - 7 November 2011
AURA Member Institutions Send Letter to Congress on JWST
Statement of support for JWST from 32 Nobel Laureates
JWST Community Support: Petition to John Holdren from 1,081 US scientists - 13 September 2011
JWST Community Support: Petition to John Holdren from 1418 European scientists - 8 September 2011
Community Support from the "JWST Feeding the Giants" Conference - Ischia, Italy, 1 September 2011
JWST Community Support from the "Young and Bright" Conference - Potsdam, Germany, September 2011
JWST Community Support from the Scientific Organizing Committee of the "Frontier Science Opportunities with JWST" meeting
JWST Community Support from the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium, Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge, July 2011
JWST Community Support from the First Galaxies Conference, Ringberg Castle, Germany, 12 August 2011
JWST Community Support from the New Horizons Workshop, Cambridge, UK, July 2011
Statement from the Space Foundation, July 2011
AURA Reaction to Proposed Cancellation of JWST
Letter from Dr. William Smith to Appropriations Committee
Letter to President's Science Advisor from JWST Advisory Committee (JSTAC)
Letter from the JWST Science Working Group to the NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee
Letter from the Space Foundation to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
JWST Statements of Support in Professional Organizations
DISCUSSIONS AND ARTICLES ABOUT JWST
Behind the Scenes at the James Webb Space Telescope, 31 July 2015, BBC World News
Galaxy formation: Cosmic dawn, 29 May 2013, Nature.com
The James Webb Space Telescope, Spring 2013, Mercury
Closer to Home, June 2013, ScientificAmerican.com
ASAP pleased with reformulated forward path for JWST, by Chris Bergin, NASASpaceFlight.com - 23 April 2013
Golden Eye, by Ross Andersen, LA Review Review of Books - 15 February 2012
"The Untold Story Of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope", by Scott P. Willoughby, Cover Story in SatMagazine, February 2012
The James Webb Space Telescope Path to Launch, by Rolf Danner and Mark Clampin, Cover Story in Space Times, January-February 2012
Interview with Robert Zubrin in Space News - 5 November 2011
JWST Interview with Matt Mountain and John Grunsfeld in Astrobiology Magazine - 24 October 2011
JWST Interview with Heidi Hammel on the Skymania Blog - 22 October 2011
Phil Plait, 13 September 2011
Marcia Smith, 12 September 2011
Jeff Foust, 12 September 2011
EDITORIALS AND OP-EDS
"America in Decline" - by John Rigden and Roger Stuewer, Physics in Perspective vol. 13, pg. 385 (2011)
"Is OMB wiping out planetary exploration" - by Lou Friedman in The Space Review, 10 October 2011
"Identify JWST's Bill Payers" - Space News, 11 October 2011
Mikulski: Webb Telescope is Good for Science, Good for Economy - Barbara Mikulski, Baltimore Sun, October 6, 2011
Eye on the cosmos - Baltimore Sun, October 4, 2011
The End of Astronomy's Golden Age? by Garth Illingworth - PhysicsWorld, 6 September 2011
Reaching for the stars, by James Bullock - L.A. Times, 6 September 2011
"Much More Than a Telescope" - Michael Turner, Science, 26 August 2011
"NASA to Share Telescope Cost" - Nature, 22 August 2011
"The Dark Clouds over US Astronomy" - Michael Turner, Nature, 10 August 2011
Statement of support for JWST from 32 Nobel Laureates - New York Times, 27 August 2011