{"id":181452,"date":"2025-12-12T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/181452\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:00:08","slug":"nasas-webb-curiosity-named-in-times-best-inventions-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/181452\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME\u2019s Best Inventions Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two icons of discovery, NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA\u2019s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME\u2019s \u201cBest Inventions Hall of Fame<\/a>,\u201d which recognizes the 25 groundbreaking inventions of the past quarter century that have had the most global impact, since TIME began its annual Best Inventions list in 2000. The inventions are celebrated in TIME\u2019s December print issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cNASA does the impossible every day, and it starts with the visionary science that propels humanity farther than ever before,\u201d said Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington. \u201cCongratulations to the teams who made the world\u2019s great engineering feats, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Mars Curiosity Rover, a reality. Through their work, distant galaxies feel closer, and the red sands of Mars are more familiar, as they expanded and redefined the bounds of human achievement in the cosmos for the benefit of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Decades in the making and operating a million miles from Earth, Webb is the most powerful space telescope ever built, giving humanity breathtaking views of newborn stars, distant galaxies, and even planets orbiting other stars. The new technologies developed to enable Webb\u2019s science goals \u2013 from optics to detectors to thermal control systems \u2013 now also touch Americans\u2019 everyday lives, improving manufacturing for everything from high-end cameras and contact lenses to advanced semiconductors and inspections of aircraft engine components.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile on Mars, the unstoppable Curiosity rover, NASA\u2019s car-size science lab, has spent more than a decade uncovering clues that the Red Planet once could have supported life, transforming our understanding of our planetary neighbor. These NASA missions continue to make breakthroughs that have reshaped our understanding of the universe and our place in it. Curiosity has also paved the way for future astronauts: Its Radiation Assessment Detector has studied the Martian radiation environment for nearly 14 years, and its unforgettable landing by robotic jetpack allowed heavier spacecraft to touch down on the surface \u2014 a capability that will be needed to send cargo and humans to Mars.<\/p>\n

To compile this \u201cHall of Fame\u201d list,\u00a0TIME\u00a0solicited nominations from\u00a0TIME\u00a0editors and correspondents around the world, paying special attention to high-impact fields, such as health care and technology.\u00a0TIME\u00a0then evaluated each contender on a number of key factors, including originality, continued efficacy, ambition, and impact.<\/p>\n

The James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> is the world\u2019s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).<\/p>\n

The Curiosity<\/a> rover was built by NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate in Washington as part of NASA\u2019s Mars Exploration Program portfolio.<\/p>\n

To learn more about NASA\u2019s science missions, visit:<\/p>\n

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