The secrets of NASA's Webb telescope's "deployable tower assembly"

Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

Building a space telescope to see the light from the earliest stars of our universe is a pretty complex task. Although much of the attention goes to instruments and the giant mirrors on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, there are other components that have big jobs to do and that required imagination, engineering, and innovation to become a reality.

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