Webb Instrument Test, Mirror Assembly Completed
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER – Technicians are putting the finishes touches on the last of 18 beryllium mirrors in a composite frame that will make up the business end of the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). On Thursday they started slowly rewarming the thermal vacuum chamber where...
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