Kodak Selected to Help Build Imaging System for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope; Contract Extends Company's Long Partnership with NASA.Business Editors ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2002 Eastman Kodak Company's Commercial & Government Systems unit has been selected as part of a TRW-led team to build NASA's James Webb Space Telescope This article or section documents a scheduled or expected spaceflight. Details may change as the launch date approaches or more information becomes available. , formerly known as Next Generation Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the first large optical orbiting observatory. Built from 1978 to 1990 at a cost of $1.5 billion, the HST (named for astronomer E. P. Hubble) was expected to provide the clearest view yet obtained of the universe. . Kodak, under contract to TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Inc., will integrate and test the Optical Telescope Element (OTE OTE Chiefly Brit (esp. in job adverts) on target earnings: the minimum amount of money a salesman is expected to make OTE abbr (Comm) (= on-target earnings) → Einkommensziel nt ) of the James Webb Space Telescope payload that will capture images and information from outer space. TRW is the selected observatory contractor. Using its infrared sensors, James Webb Space Telescope will peer into distant space to see the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe billions of years ago. A component of NASA's Origins Program NASA's Origins program is a decades-long study addressing the origins of the universe, various astronomical bodies, and life. So far, it consists of the following missions:
"Kodak is proud to once again contribute in a major way to an historic NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. mission," said James Manchisi, president of Kodak's Commercial & Government Systems and corporate vice president. "The James Webb Space Telescope project is a perfect example of infoimaging, the business of combining technology and images to derive information. In this case, the images will yield primary information that will expand mankind's understanding of the universe." Manchisi noted that Kodak has partnered with NASA on space science and remote sensing missions for more than 40 years, including the Lunar Orbiter missions and the Chandra X-ray observatory Chandra X-ray Observatory U.S. X-ray space telescope. It was named after astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and was launched into orbit in 1999. Its mirror, with an aperture of 1.2 m (4 ft) and a focal length of 10 m (33 ft), produces unprecedented resolution. . The James Webb Space Telescope project is managed by NASA Goddard for NASA Headquarters Office of Space Science and consists of an international team involving NASA, the European Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. , Canadian Space Agency The Canadian Space Agency (CSA or, in French, l'Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the Canadian government space agency responsible for Canada's space program. It was established in March 1989 by the Canadian Space Agency Act and sanctioned in December 1990. , industry and academia. Commercial & Government Systems provides imaging solutions for commercial and government markets. About Eastman Kodak Company and infoimaging Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, enhance, preserve, print and enjoy pictures for memories, for information, for entertainment. The company is a major participant in infoimaging a $385 billion industry composed of devices (digital cameras, scanners, copiers), infrastructure (online networks and specialized imaging software), and services and media (film and paper, online photo storage, CDs). Kodak harnesses its technology, market reach and a host of industry partnerships to provide innovative products and services for customers who need the information-rich content that images contain. The company, with sales last year of $13.2 billion, is organized into four major businesses: Photography, providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; Commercial Imaging, offering image capture, output and storage products and services to businesses and government; Components, delivering flat-panel displays, optics and sensors to original equipment manufacturers; and Health, supplying the health-care industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services. Kodak is a trademark of Eastman Kodak Company. Editor's Note: For additional information about Kodak, visit our web site on the Internet at: www.kodak.com |
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