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Space

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Marks Significant Mirror Milestone,

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Monday, January 2nd, 2012

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently announced in a press release that the last six primary mirror segments and the secondary mirror that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope have passed their final cold test. The company is leading Webb design and development for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This milestone concludes testing on the telescope's individual mirror segments and represents the successful culmination of a years-long process that broke new ground in manufacturing and testing large…

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