The Hexagonal-Shaped Mirror (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Hexagonal-Shaped Mirror

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The JWST telescope is composed of 18 hexagonal-shaped segments. Here, one of the 18 segments is shown ready to be shipped from Axsys Technologies which manufactured the mirror blanks.

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Axsys

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