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NASA does not plan to rename its new $10 billion technological marvel, the James Webb Space Telescope, despite concerns about it being named after former NASA administrator James Webb,...
A group of astronomers had led a community petition to change the name, alleging that the telescope’s namesake, former NASA chief James Webb, had been complicit in the persecution and firing of...
New documents suggest that NASA officials dismissed concerns raised by the LGBTQ community over the name of its newest observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope.
The controversy over the telescope’s name took off in March 2021, when Prescod-Weinstein, Tuttle, Walkowicz and Nord published an opinion piece in the magazine Scientific American arguing for...
Shadowed by controversy, NASA won't rename its new space telescope. Now, NASA has publicly posted the full report describing its investigation of Webb's time in government, both at the State ...
New Revelations Raise Pressure on NASA to Rename the James Webb Space Telescope. E-mailed exchanges show the space agency’s internal struggle to address pleas to change the controversial name...
For half a decade now, influential young scientists have denounced NASA’s decision to name its deep-space telescope after James E. Webb, who led the space agency to the cusp of the 1969 moon...
NASA is considering whether to rename its flagship astronomical observatory, given reports alleging that James Webb, after whom it is named, was involved in persecuting gay and lesbian...
NASA will not rename the James Webb Space Telescope, the agency announced as it shared a lengthy report into the former administrator's activities.
Those allegations had led many astronomers to call on NASA to rename the James Webb Space Telescope. The study, Odom concluded, found no evidence to support those claims.