1/3 Scale Sunshield (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

1/3 Scale Sunshield

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This is a photo of the 1/3 scale sunshield membranes undergoing final inspection at the Nexolve facility in Hunstville, Ala. The full-scale sunshield will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in 2014.

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Nexvolve

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