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NASA Completes Mirror Polishing for James Webb Space Telescope

Caption: The Webb Space Telescope's giant primary mirror, arguably its most critical and difficult part, is approaching completion. The 18-segment mirror stands two stories high and is designed to best capture the infrared light Webb seeks. Follow the mirror's journey from rough ore to precisely reflective, gold-coated segments in this video, which details how the mirrors are constructed and tested.

More formats available at webbtelescope.org.

Date: 9/2011

Credit: STScI

Length: 2 minutes 14 seconds

Formats:YouTube, 149 MB .mov More formats available at SVS.


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