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Vibration testing on the James Webb Space Telescope

Date: 24 January 2017
Satellite: JWST
Location: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Copyright: NASA/Chris Gunn

This image shows the James Webb Space Telescope (inside a clean tent) being lifted by crane onto one of two shaker tables being used for vibration testing.

(Originally published here.)

Last Update: 16 June 2017

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See Also

  • #12: Testing times for JWST (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=59233)