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NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has reached a new milestone. Lockheed Martin has...
The 18th and final primary mirror segment is installed on what will be the biggest and most powerful space telescope...
A technician guides SOFIA's primary mirror assembly into the aircraft's telescope cavity completing the mirror...
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly rests in its transportation cradle prior to reinstallation in NASA's airborne...
Engineers and technicians prepare SOFIA's German-built primary mirror assembly for reinstallation into NASA's 747SP...
SOFIA's primary mirror is placed in the telescope cavity for reinstallation prior to telescope adjustments preparing...
Webb Telescope Primary Mirror Final Deployment - Operational Coverage
Prior to installation, technicians inspect the primary mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The first in a...
Three primary Webb telescope mirror segments sit in shipping cannisters and await opening. A mechanical integration...
Webb telescope Quality Engineer Matt Magsamen and Product Assurance Engineer Jessica Lieberman inspect one of the...
echnicians lift SOFIA's primary mirror assembly above NASA's 747SP airborne astronomy aircraft just prior to...
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly is lifted above wing level prior to its reinstallation in the telescope cavity of...
It’s an “A plus” and job well done for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. The rovers have completed their primary...
This image depicts the primary landing site on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko chosen for the European Space Agency...
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror being polished at the the Perkin-Elmer...
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror being ground at the Perkin-Elmer...
This photograph shows engineers inspecting the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror at the Perkin-Elmer...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Commissioning Manager John Durning monitors the progress of the Webb observatory as...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Timeline Coordinator Andria Hagedorn monitors the progress of the Webb observatory’s...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Commissioning Manager John Durning monitors the progress of the Webb observatory as...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Project Manager Bill Ochs monitors the progress of the observatory’s second primary...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope mission operations team celebrates, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at the Space Telescope...
Engineering teams at NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope mission operations team celebrates, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at the Space Telescope...