# James Webb Space Telescope

Published articles for James Webb Space Telescope.

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## How open source is supporting NASA's new eyes in space

DevFeed: [How open source is supporting NASA's new eyes in space](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-open-source-is-supporting-nasa-s-new-eyes-in-space-68417.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/how-open-source-is-supporting-nasas-new-eyes-in-space/>)

Author: Nicole Numrich

Published: 2022-01-18T17:41:41Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [open source maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-maintenance.md>)

Tags: [collaboration-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration-software.md>), [company-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company-news.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [james-webb-space-telescope](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/james-webb-space-telescope.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>), [space-telescope](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/space-telescope.md>)

### AI overview

The James Webb Space Telescope's science tools, data pipeline, and simulations are being built through open source collaboration among astronomers and agencies. A GitHub product manager discusses how open source has become central to space science, the role of Python and projects such as Astropy, and ways developers can contribute.

### Source excerpt

With the successful liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope, we ask our very own Arfon Smith about the history of open source and space science.