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Webb Optics Assembly Stand Is Complete

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GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 18, 2012 — The giant structural steel frame on which the mirrors and instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope will be assembled at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is now complete. “This milestone is important, as it marks the transition to the integration and testing phase for the Webb telescope’s optical telescope element,” said Lee Feinberg, who manages the optical assembly. Successor to the Hubble space telescope, the Webb will observe the most distant objects in the universe, provide images of the very first galaxies ever formed, and study planets around...Read full article

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