Universe
ID: 13498
Performed in early March, this most recent test involved commanding the spacecraft's internal systems to fully extend, and latch Webb's iconic 21 feet 4 inch (6.5 meter) primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space.
Credits: NASA / Sophia Roberts
The James Webb Space Telescope's Folding Mirrors
Credits: NASA / Sophia Roberts
Credits
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Producer
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer
Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Video Editor
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer
Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer
Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Video Editor
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer
Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Short URL to share this page:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13498
Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST
Keywords:
SVS >> Spacecraft
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Space
SVS >> Deploy
SVS >> Goddard Space Flight Center
SVS >> Testing
SVS >> Engineers
SVS >> Cleanroom
SVS >> Webb Telescope
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Engineering
SVS >> Telescope
SVS >> Northrop Grumman
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13498
Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST
Keywords:
SVS >> Spacecraft
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Space
SVS >> Deploy
SVS >> Goddard Space Flight Center
SVS >> Testing
SVS >> Engineers
SVS >> Cleanroom
SVS >> Webb Telescope
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Engineering
SVS >> Telescope
SVS >> Northrop Grumman
