A Robotic Arm (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Robotic Arm

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A robotic arm called the Primary Mirror Alignment and Integration Fixture is used to lift and lower each of Webb's 18 primary flight mirror segments to their locations on the telescope structure.

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NASA/Chris Gunn

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