Universe  ID: 12092

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Receives First Mirror Installation

Released on December 3, 2015
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Produced Video showing engineers in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center cleanroom placing the first mirror on the Webb Telescope.
NASA has successfully installed the first of 18 flight mirrors onto the James Webb Space Telescope, beginning a critical piece of the observatory’s construction.

In the clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the engineering team used a robot arm to lift and lower the hexagonal-shaped segment that measures just over 4.2 feet (1.3 meters) across and weighs approximately 88 pounds (40 kilograms). After being pieced together, the 18 primary mirror segments will work together as one large 21.3-foot (6.5-meter) mirror. The full installation is expected to be complete early next year.
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B-roll footage of Webb Telescope's first mirror installation.
 

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For More Information

http://www.jwst.nasa.gov

Credits

Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Animator
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Producer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Videographer
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Lead Videographer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Video Editor
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST

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Astrophysics B-Roll

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Spacecraft
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Universe
SVS >> Space
SVS >> Goddard Space Flight Center
SVS >> Engineers
SVS >> Cleanroom
SVS >> Webb Telescope
SVS >> Robotics
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Optics
SVS >> Robotic Arm
SVS >> Engineering