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James Webb Space Telescope's golden mirror


Date: 29 April 2016
Satellite: JWST
Depicts: Goddard Space Flight Center
Copyright: NASA/Chris Gunn

Standing tall and glimmering gold inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's clean room in Greenbelt, Maryland is the James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror. It will be the largest yet sent into space.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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