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Northrop Grumman delivers JWST telescope structure

Submit on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 22:58

Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered on schedule the telescope structure for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on 24 August. This paves the way for the integration of the 18 hexagonal mirrors that will help scientists observe the formation of the first stars and galaxies over 13.5 billion years ago.

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