Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Inspection of the Replicated X-ray Mirror Mandrel
Full Description:
NASA's Space Optics Manufacturing Center has been working to expand our view of the universe via sophisticated new telescopes. The Optics Center's goal is to develop low-cost, advanced space optics technologies to the NASA program in the 21st century - including the long-term goal of imaging Earth-like planets in distant solar systems. To reduce the cost of mirror fabrication, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has developed replication techniques, the machinery, and materials to replicate electro-formed nickel mirrors. The process allows fabricating precisely shaped mandrels to be used and reused as masters for replicating high-quality mirrors. Photograph shows J.R. Griffith inspecting a replicated x-ray mirror mandrel.
Date of Image:
1999-04-01
Category:
Space Science
term:
Telescope
term:
Nickel Mirror
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Electro
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
21st century
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
9902719
NIX #:
MSFC-9902719
MSFC Negative Number:
9902719
UID:
SPD-MARSH-9902719
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