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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested at Marshall Space Flight Center
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Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested at Marshall Space Flight Center
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The Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly is being tested for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the X-Ray Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). In this photo, an MSFC employee is inspecting one of many segments of the mirror assembly for flaws. MSFC is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by taking numerous measurements to predict its future performance. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. During its 27 years of operation, the facility has performed testing in support of a wide array of projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Solar A, Chandra technology development, Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly and science instruments, Constellation X-Ray Mission, and Solar X-Ray Imager, currently operating on a Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite. The JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, named in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space.
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The Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly is being tested for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the X-Ray Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). In this photo, an MSFC employee is inspecting one of many segments of the mirror assembly for flaws. MSFC is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by taking numerous measurements to predict its future performance. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. During its 27 years of operation, the facility has performed testing in support of a wide array of projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Solar A, Chandra technology development, Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly and science instruments, Constellation X-Ray Mission, and Solar X-Ray Imager, currently operating on a Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite. The JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, named in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space.
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Date of Image:
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2003-04-09
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2003-04-09
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Space Science
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Space Science
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X-Ray Calibration Facility
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X-Ray Calibration Facility
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James Webb Space Telescope
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James Webb Space Telescope
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JWST
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Kodak Mirror Assembly
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Kodak Mirror Assembly
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James E. Webb
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James E. Webb
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Imager
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Imager
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Next Generation Space Telescope
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Next Generation Space Telescope
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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2010
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2010
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2010
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2010
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MIX #:
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0300841
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MSFC-0300841
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MSFC Negative Number:
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0300841
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0300841
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-0300841
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SPD-MARSH-0300841
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