Science commissioning of JWST: applying Hubble's lessons to the Webb

摘要

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has the primary role for planning and executing the science program forthe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It also has a lead role, in support of the Prime Contractor, in planning andcarrying out the science instrument commissioning program designed to enable, post-launch, the start of Observatoryscience. In this paper, we address planning principles and operational lessons stemming from our Hubble experienceand show how those principles and lessons are being applied to the science commissioning plans for the JWSTObservatory. In doing so, we contrast JWST's expected early-life operations with Hubble's post-servicing performance,and address any adjustments needed in our HST principles and lessons in order to effectively apply them to the specificchallenges of JWST science commissioning.© (2012) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.