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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
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NASA Approves James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Architecture
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*Credit:* Northrop Grumman
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Technical facts about this news release: Back to entire collection [ http://hubblesite.o…] Next release [ http://hubblesite.o…] Previous release [ http://hubblesite.o…]
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*Image Type:*: Photograph
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*Release Date*:September 10, 2003 04:00 PM (EDT)
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2003-27b
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*Title*:NASA Approves James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Architecture
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*Description*: Northrop Grumman Corporation's Space Technology sector is the prime contractor leading the design and development of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Following a thorough and detailed evaluation, beryllium was selected as the material for the JWST primary mirror. A technician is shown mounting an alignment fiducial on a hexagonal beryllium mirror segment, which is approximately as large as the JWST flight mirror. It was developed under the Advanced Mirror System Demonstrator program (AMSD). AMSD was funded by a multiagency group to address the improvements in mirror materials, design and cycle times necessary to fabricate primary mirrors for future missions. The mirror segment stands in a support and actuation system where it was polished.
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September 10, 2003 04:00 PM (EDT)
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