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Sunshield for NASA Telescope Ready for Manufacturing

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REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Sept. 27, 2013 — The template layers of a tennis-court sized sunshield that will help protect the optics on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have been completed, marking the final step before the final flight sunshield will be manufactured. Project partners Northrop Grumman Corp. and NeXolve Corp. manufactured the five template layers for the sunshield, which separates the observatory into a warm sun-facing side and a cold anti-sun side. After completing a manufacturing readiness review, the team is now ready to produce the final flight layers. The James Webb Space Telescope will be pointed...Read full article

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    Published: September 2013
    AmericasBusinessCaliforniaEarthGoddard Space Flight CenterGreg LaueImagingJames Webb Space TelescopeKaptonMarylandmirrorsmoonNASANeXolveNorthrop GrummanobservatoryOpticsSunsunshield

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