Close up of Layers of the Sunshield on Webb (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Close up of Layers of the Sunshield on Webb

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Each layer of NASA Webb's Kapton sunshield are uniquely sized, shaped, and have special rip-stop patterning to add durability to the membranes that are as thin as a human hair.

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Northrop Grumman

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