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JWST’s Giant Golden Mirror is Unveiled

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As part of the integrating and testing of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA engineers have unveiled the giant golden mirror of the IR telescope — it is heralded as the largest mirror yet sent into space. The 18 mirrors that make up the primary mirror were individually protected with black covers when they were assembled on the telescope structure, and now, for the first time since the primary mirror was completed, the covers have been lifted. Each mirror is made of strong, light beryllium, and each mirror segment is about the size of a coffee table and weighs...Read full article

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    Published: April 2016
    Research & TechnologyNASAGoddardOpticsAmericasMarylandJWSTJames WebbaerospacemirrorsIR telescopeTech Pulse

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