Primary Mirror Segments (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Primary Mirror Segments

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Each one of the primary mirror segments of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has an assembly with seven actuators called a hexapod.

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Credits: Ball Aerospace

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