NASA's Webb Telescope Mirror Tripod in Action (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Setting up NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's secondary mirror in space will require special arms that resemble a tripod that was recently demonstrated in a NASA cleanroom.

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NASA/Mike McClare

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