James Webb Space Telescope sunshield is taking shape at ManTech's NeXolve subsidiary

Friday, January 9, 2015 - 07:30 in Astronomy & Space

ManTech International Corporation announced today that its NeXolve subsidiary has completed manufacturing and shape testing of the first layer of the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield system. NeXolve is subcontractor to Northrop Grumman in manufacturing the one-of-a-kind sunshield membranes.

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