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James Webb Space Telescope Gallery

  • the telescope exiting the massive thermal vacuum testing chamber
    Photograph: Chris Gunn/NASA
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  • technicians and engineers visually inspect the support structure that holds the telescope in place
    Photograph: Chris Gunn/NASA
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  • an up close image of the telescope
    Photograph: Chris Gunn/NASA
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  • an engineer inspecting the telescope mirrors
    Photograph: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Emmett Given
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  • a photograph of the sunshield membrane
    Photograph: David Higginbotham/Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
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  • the telescope's optical portion
    Photograph: Chris Gunn/NASA
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