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Webb’s golden mirror wings open one last time on Earth
Webb’s golden mirror wings open one last time on Earth.
The world’s most powerful space science telescope has opened its primary mirror for the last time on Earth.
As part of the international James Webb Space Telescope’s final tests, the 6.5 meter (21 feet 4 inch) mirror was commanded to fully expand and lock itself into place, just like it would in space. The conclusion of this test represents the team’s final checkpoint in a long series of tests designed to ensure Webb’s 18 hexagonal mirrors are prepared for a long journey in space, and a life of profound discovery. After this, all of Webb’s many movable parts will have confirmed in testing that they can perform their intended operations after being exposed to the expected launch environment.
Making the testing conditions close to what Webb will experience in space helps to ensure the observatory is fully prepared for its science mission one million miles away from Earth.
Commands to unlatch and deploy the side panels of the mirror were relayed from Webb’s testing control room at Northrop Grumman, in Redondo Beach, California. The software instructions sent, and the mechanisms that operated are the same as those used in space. Special gravity offsetting equipment was attached to Webb to simulate the zero-gravity environment in which its complex mechanisms will operate. All of the final thermal blanketing and innovative shielding designed to protect its mirrors and instruments from interference were in place during testing.Credit: ESA / eyevine
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Beth Sheppard, pictured in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
A picture of the TV screens in the control room at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Kevin Wilkes, pictured at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, looking around Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall.
History-rich communcation centre in Lizard peninsula will track the rocket using its Merlin antenna.
Mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part.
When the mission does blast off, hopefully later this week, scientists at Goonhilly Earth Station on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall will help Nasa track the rocket using a giant deep space antenna nicknamed Merlin, and then command six small research satellites that are piggy-backing a ride on Artemis.
A view of Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall. The station will be assisting with Nasa's latest mission to the moon, named Artemis 1. Photo taken on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
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