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Dec 8, 2017
Silver and Gold
Inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's giant clean room in Greenbelt, Md., JWST Optical Engineer Larkin Carey...
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Dec 8, 2017
Webb's NIRCam
The optics module of the James Webb Space Telescope's primary imager, the Near Infrared Camera, arrived at NASA’s...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Secondary Mirror Installed
The sole secondary mirror that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was installed onto the telescope at...
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Dec 8, 2017
James Webb Space Telescope Revealed
A rare view of the James Webb Space Telescope face-on, from the NASA Goddard cleanroom observation window.
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Webb Telescope
NASA image release September 17, 2010 In preparation for a cryogenic test NASA Goddard technicians install...
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Dec 8, 2017
Engineers Clean Mirror with Carbon Dioxide Snow
Just like drivers sometimes use snow to clean their car mirrors in winter, two Exelis Inc. engineers are practicing...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Webb Telescope
NASA image release September 17, 2010 In preparation for a cryogenic test NASA Goddard technicians install...
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Dec 8, 2017
James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors
The James Webb Space Telescope mirrors have completed deep-freeze tests and are removed from the X-ray and Cryogenic...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Technology Protects Webb Telescope from Contamination
Contamination from organic molecules can harm delicate instruments and engineers are taking special care at NASA to...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA's Webb "Pathfinder Telescope" Successfully Completes First Super-Cold Optical Test
Testing is crucial part of NASA's success on Earth and in space. So, as the actual flight components of NASA's James...
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Dec 8, 2017
JWST Full-Scale Model on Display in Germany
JWST Full-Scale Model on Display. A full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope was built by the prime...
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Dec 8, 2017
Readying ISIM for its First Thermal Vacuum Test
Engineers work with the Integrated Science Instrument Module for the James Webb Space Telescope inside the thermal...
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Dec 8, 2017
Clean Room at Goddard Space Flight Center
This panorama shows the inside of Goddard's High Bay Clean Room, as seen from the observation deck. Credit:...
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Dec 8, 2017
New York Film Academy Students on Webb Telescope Tour
Students and teachers from the New York Film Academy visited Northrop Grumman’s Space Park facility in December 2014...
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Dec 8, 2017
Being "Secondary" is Important for a Webb Telescope Mirror
NASA release July 19, 2011 Click here to learn about the James Webb Space Telescope The secondary mirror (shown...
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Dec 8, 2017
James Webb Space Telescope's ISIM Passes Severe-Sound Test
The ISIM structure wrapped up and waiting for sound testing in the acoustics chamber at NASA Goddard. Credits:...
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Dec 8, 2017
Webb Telescope Flight Mirrors Delivered to NASA
Technicians and scientists check out one of the Webb telescope's first two flight mirrors in the clean room at...
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Dec 8, 2017
James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Halfway Complete
Inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's massive clean room in Greenbelt, Maryland, the ninth flight mirror was...
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Dec 8, 2017
James Webb Space Telescope's ISIM Passes Severe-Sound Test
The wrapped up ISIM structure pushed back to the clean room post acoustics-test, to prepare for the EMI test....
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Dec 8, 2017
Students Bring Fresh Perspective and New Technology to Webb Telescope
Matthew Bolcar a graduate student from the University of Rochester, N.Y. now works at Goddard full-time. Credit:...
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Dec 8, 2017
Webb Instruments Perfected to Microscopic Levels
Dressed in a cleanroom suit to prevent contamination, Optics Technician Jeff Gum aligns a replacement Focal Plane...
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Dec 8, 2017
James Webb Space Telescope Backplane Arrives at NASA Goddard for Mirror Assembly
The James Webb Space Telescope's "spine" or backplane arrived on Aug. 25 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight...
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Dec 8, 2017
James Webb Space Telescope in NASA's giant thermal vacuum chamber
Inside NASA's giant thermal vacuum chamber, called Chamber A, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the James...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Webb Telescope Mirrors Installed with Robotic Arm Precision
Inside a massive clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland the James Webb Space...
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