Close up of Ball Aerospace Engineer Working on JWST (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Close up of Ball Aerospace Engineer Working on JWST

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Close-up of Ball Aerospace optical engineer Larkin Carey connecting fiber optics to the AOS Source Plate Assembly (ASPA) above the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror, while tethered to a "diving board." All tools were also tethered, and all safety protocol for working over the mirror were closely followed.

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