Technician Folds Webb Sunshield (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Technician Folds Webb Sunshield

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During the sunshield folding process for the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of technicians carefully fold each layer in a zigzag pattern to create accordion-like stacks of membranes on either side of the telescope.

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NASA/Chris Gunn

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