Webb Telescope in Chamber A (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Webb Telescope in Chamber A

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NASA's "Chamber A," an enormous thermal vacuum testing chamber housed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston was previously used to test Apollo moon mission hardware and on occasion, suited astronauts. Chamber A saw extensive upgrades to properly support tests of Webb's revolutionary hardware.

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Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn

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