Northrop Grumman Tests Thermal Mockup of Webb Telescope

Credit: NORTHROP GRUMMAN
Northrop Grumman will use data from a thermal vacuum test of this James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) engineering mockup to validate sophisticated thermal designs for the huge infrared observatory. The company had to use its largest thermal vacuum chamber in Redondo Beach, Calif., to chill the mockup...

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