Friday, February 5, 2016

James Webb Space Telescope

This device will be placed into an L2 halo orbit, which is beyond the moon.  The launch vehicle will be an Ariane Rocket launched from the Guiana Space Center.

Here is a video from NASA showing deployment.



The eighteenth and final beryllium mirror has been installed.

Image from NASA
HT: Ars Technica

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