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Load testing JWST's backplane
After the planned 2018 launch, the JWST's backplane and huge primary mirror will "unfurl" in space, and start capturing light from deep space that will be imaged and analyzed by a suite of on-board infrared instruments. Credit: Northrop Grumman.
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