All Five Layers of Webb Sunshield (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

All Five Layers of Webb Sunshield

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All 5 layers of the Webb telescope sunshield installed at Northrop Grumman's clean room in Redondo Beach, California. The five sunshield membrane layers are each as thin as a human hair.

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Credits: Northrop Grumman Corp.

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