Installing NIRSpec in the Webb Telescope's Heart (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Engineers install the Near Infrared Spectrometer (NIRSpec) onto the Webb Telescope's Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center cleanroom. This delicate procedure took place during March 24-25, 2014, in preparation for the cryogenic test of a fully integrated ISIM structure to occur this summer.

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