Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 9, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Testing Completed on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Backplane NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached another development milestone with the completion of static load testing of its primary mirror backplane support structure (PMBSS) moving the telescope one step closer to its 2018 launch.The PMBSS is the stable platform that holds the telescope's science instruments and the 18 beryllium mirror-segments that form the 21-foot-diameter primary mirror nearly motionless while the telescope peers into deep space. The primary mirror is the largest mirror in the telescope -- the one starlight will hit first. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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