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SpaceRef - Exploration and Missions - Robotic Missions - Astrophysics And Astronomy - Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST)

Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) NASA GSFC - To further our understanding of the way our present universe formed following the Big Bang requires a new type of observatory with capabilities currently unavailable in either existing ground-based or space telescopes. Simply put, a goal of the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) is to observe the first stars and galaxies in the Universe. [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]

Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility - "As a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) is being planned for a launch around the year 2008. The key scientific goals for a telescope with an aperture greater than 4m working principally in the spectral band between one and five microns are: discovering and understanding the formation of the first stars and galaxies, the evolution of galaxies and the production of elements by stars, and the process of star and planet formation."

Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), Space Telescope Science Institute - "NGST will be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and may be launched as early as 2007. The key scientific goals for NGST are discovering and understanding the formation of the first stars and galaxies, the evolution of galaxies and the production of elements by stars, and the process of star and planet formation."