November 1, 2006: A full-scale pathfinder of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sunshield sits in a high-bay at Northrop Grumman's Space Technology facility in Redondo Beach, Calif. Read more...
September 2006: the Telescope Backplane Stability Test Article (BSTA) has been assembled. It is currently undergoing cryogenic testing
at the Marshall Space Flight Center to measure its stability. The upper picture shows the BSTA Structure. The lower image shows the first
interferometric fringe Of test article.
Fully functional, 1/6th scale model of the JWST mirror in optics testbed.
The team at Brush Wellman poses with completed JWST mirror blanks.
This test article replicates a portion of the telescope backplane structure. It will be used to demonstrate structural stability under flight-like cryogenic temperature conditions.
MIRI Structural/Thermal Model completes testing at the Rutherford Appleton Lab (RAL).
JWST selects Northop Grumman to build MIRI Cryocooler.
Full scale model of JWST visits NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
