JWST's Pathfinder Backplane Deployment Time Lapse
This time-lapse video by Northrop Grumman shows part of the pathfinder (test) backplane. Attached to this center section of the backplane are the secondary mirror booms. The telescope's secondary mirror will sit at the end of these booms. Because the telescope is folded for launch, the booms must deploy afterwards. This video shows one of the tests of the deployment of the booms.
Time-lapse of JWST Backplane at Northrop Grumman
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Northrop Grumman
Alex Evers
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Producer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Project support
- Swarupa Nune (InuTeq)
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Editor
- Nasreen Alkhateeb (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, January 22, 2016.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT.