JWST's Backplane Arrives at Marshall for Testing
A major piece of the James Webb Space Telescope, the mirror's primary backplane support, arrived Aug. 22 2014 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for testing in the X-ray and Cryogenic Test Facility. The backplane is the backbone of the telescope, supporting its 18 beryllium mirrors, instruments and other elements while the telescope is looking into deep space.
JWST's Backplane Arrives at Marshall for Testing
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Editor
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Videographer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Project support
- Nasreen Alkhateeb (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Swarupa Nune (InuTeq)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, February 11, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.