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

  • Released Friday, January 22nd, 2016
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:48PM
  • ID: 12111

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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