Behind-the-Scenes Tests with the Webb Telescope's Mass Simulator

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 16:56 in Astronomy & Space

There are a lot of things that happen "behind the scenes" when a space telescope is being built and all of the components are being tested. In this recent photo, two technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. were working with a "Mass Simulator" for the James Webb Space Telescope.

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