The sunshield on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest part of the observatory--five layers of thin, silvery membrane that must unfurl reliably in space. The precision in which the tennis-court sized sunshield has to open must be no more than a few centimeters different from its planned position.
The sunshield on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest part of the observatory--five layers of thin, silvery membrane that must unfurl reliably in space. The precision in which the tennis-court sized sunshield has to open must be no more than a few centimeters different from its planned position.
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