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Sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Ready for Manufacturing

2013-09-19 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is dominated visually by the tennis-court sized sunshield, which separates the observatory into a warm sun-facing side and a cold anti-sun side. Each of the five sunshield layers helps to protect the telescope optics - or mirrors - from the sun's heat. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and teammate NeXolve Corporation, a subsidiary of ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT) based in Huntsville, Ala., completed the ...This story is related to the following:Electrical Equipment and Systems Sponsored by: Globtek Inc. - MOBILE BANNER ADSpacecraft Parts, Assemblies, Components & Systems | Telescopes

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