JWST Will Use NASA's Largest Test Chamber
Credit: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY
One of the biggest challenges in building the James Webb Space Telescope will be testing it, given that it will have a sunshield twice the size of Center Court at Wimbledon and the world's biggest mirror put in orbit. NASA and Northrop Grumman Space Technology want no replay of the mirror aberration...
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