Full Scale Model of the Webb's Sunshield (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Full Scale Model of the Webb's Sunshield

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One full-scale Webb telescope sunshield membrane deployed on the membrane test fixture at Mantech, Hunstville, Ala., is ready for a precise measurement of its three dimensional shape.

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Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

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