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Cryogenic testing is complete for the final six primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The milestone represents the successful culmination ...

It's been a long journey for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and it hasn't even begun its million-mile trip into the Sun's orbit yet. Almost two decades in the making, the world's largest ...

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Last week a primary mirror milestone was met for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope project as the first gold-coated mirror segment finished testing in the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility at NASA’s Marshall ...

The first mirror segment that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope has completed its initial series of cryogenic temperature tests in the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility at the Marshall Space ...

The first mirror segment that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has completed its first series of cryogenic temperature tests in the X-ray and ...