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Date: 30 June 2010 Satellite: JWST Depicts: Microshutters for NIRSpec Copyright: NASA/Chris Gunn Show in archive: false
An array of microshutters, about the size of a postage stamp. Each array contains over 62,000 individual shutters. Individually, each microshutter measures 100 by 200 microns, or about the width of a human hair.