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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Shines a Spotlight on a Webb Telescope Test
Dressed in a clean room suit, NASA photographer Desiree Stover shines a light on the Space Environment Simulator's...
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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
Dropping in on a Clean Room Webb Test
A crane in a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., lowers a test mass simulator...
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Dec 8, 2017
Webb's MIRI Shield Dropping in on Dropping Temperatures
Goddard Technicians Tony Kiem (left) and George Mooney (right) guide the craned structure holding the Webb...
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Dec 8, 2017
The Webb Telescope's 'Golden Spider'
NASA image release August 23, 2012 What looks like a giant golden spider weaving a web of cables and cords, is...
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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
Key Science Instrument Installed into Webb Structure
A technician is installing the bolts that will hold the MIRI, or Mid-Infrared Instrument, to the composite...
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Dec 8, 2017
A James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Takes a Short Trip
This is the James Webb Space Telescope ETU (engineering test unit) primary mirror segment returning to the cleanroom...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Now Has Half of all Webb Telescope's Primary Flight Mirrors
Three primary Webb telescope mirror segments sit in shipping cannisters and await opening. A mechanical integration...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA's Next Generation Space Telescope Marks Key Milestone
NASA image release April 14, 2011 NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight ready James Webb Space...
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Dec 8, 2017
Webb Telescope Mirrors Arrive at NASA Goddard
NASA image release April 13, 2011 An engineer examines the Webb telescope primary mirror Engineering Design Unit...
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Dec 8, 2017
Key Science Instrument Installed into Webb Structure
Engineers Tom Huber (behind MIRI) and Mick Wilks (inside black ISIM Structure) check that MIRI is integrated...
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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 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's Webb Sunshield Gives an "Open Wide" for Inspection
The sunshield on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest part of the observatory—five layers of thin,...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Prepares Webb Telescope Pathfinder for Famous Chamber
Engineers and technicians manually deployed the secondary mirror support structure (SMSS) of the James Webb Space...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA's Webb Telescope Completes Mirror-Coating Milestone
The first six flight ready James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic...
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Dec 8, 2017
Key Science Instrument Installed into Webb Structure
Engineers are checking to make sure that MIRI is precisely positioned with the ISIM as it slides into position. They...
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Dec 8, 2017
The Secrets of NASA's Webb Telescope’s "Deployable Tower Assembly"
Building a space telescope to see the light from the earliest stars of our universe is a pretty complex task....
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Dec 8, 2017
Key Science Instrument Installed into Webb Structure
The MIRI itself weighs 181 pounds (82 kg) and is being held by a special balance beam (on the left of the photo),...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Now Has Half of all Webb Telescope's Primary Flight Mirrors
Webb telescope Quality Engineer Matt Magsamen and Product Assurance Engineer Jessica Lieberman inspect one of the...
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Dec 8, 2017
Yes, the James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors 'Can'
The powerful primary mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to detect the light from distant...
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Dec 8, 2017
By the Dozen: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors
Caption: One dozen (out of 18) flight mirror segments that make up the primary mirror on NASA's James Webb Space...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Science Instruments Begin Final Super Cold Test at Goddard
At NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's final destination in space, one million miles away from Earth, it will...
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