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JWST Secondary Mirror Installation

Released on April 14, 2016

The sole secondary mirror that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was installed onto the telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 3, 2016.

The Webb telescope uses many mirrors to direct incoming light into the telescope's instruments. The secondary mirror is called the secondary mirror because it is the second surface the light from the cosmos hits on its route into the telescope.

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Credits

Michael McClare (HTSI):
Lead Producer
Lead Cinematographer

Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM):
Lead Editor
Lead Technical Support

Michael P. Menzel (Genesis Engineering Solutions, Inc.):
Editor

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center