James Webb Telescope's last backbone component completed

Friday, June 14, 2013 - 15:00 in Astronomy & Space

(Phys.org) —Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the pieces of the telescope together.

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