Universe  ID: 12111

Webb Flight Mirrors Tested in Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility 4-28-2015 B-Roll

Released on January 22, 2016
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Engineers move James Webb Space Telescope flight mirrors for testing at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility (CIAF).
Engineers move the Webb Space Telescope flight mirrors to the CIAF (Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility) at NASA Goddard Spcae Flight Center Each mirror is placed onto the CMM (Configuration Measurement Machine). The CMM is used for precision measurements of the mirrors. These precision measurements must be accurate to 0.1 microns or 1/400th the thickness of a human hair.

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http://www.jwst.nasa.gov

Credits

Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Producer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Cinematographer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Editor
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Editor
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Project Support
Swarupa Nune (InuTeq): Project Support
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST

This item is part of this series:
Astrophysics B-Roll

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Goddard Space Flight Center
SVS >> Testing
SVS >> Cleanroom
SVS >> Mirror
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Engineering