NIRSpec Microshutter Replacement at GSFC
Engineers Conduct "Heart Surgery" on the Webb Telescope
In this NASA video, engineers from Airbus Defense and Space (DS), Ottobrunn, Germany, dressed in white protective suits and special white gloves, recently completed a delicate surgical procedure to exchange two key components, the Micro Shutter Array and the Focal Plane Assembly from the "heart" of an instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
European Space Agency
Airbus Defense and Space
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Production assistant
- Swarupa Nune (InuTeq)
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Producer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Editor
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Videographer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, May 27, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.