James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Design Achieves Significant Landmark

The James Webb Space Telescope's five-layer, tennis court-sized sunshield has passed its critical design review, certifying that its design is complete and meets mission requirements. By achieving thermal, deployment and stray-light targets, the sunshield is now ready for manufacturing.

Sunshield manufacturing and test plans were also evaluated and approved as part of the review, which took place Jan. 11-14 at the company?s Redondo Beach, Calif., space systems manufacturing facility. The Ob [...]

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