[fb_vid id=”10155749040485049″]How do we know Webb telescope will withstand the rigors of launch and the harshness of space? Though thorough testing, such as the vibration testing shown here, which took place at NASA Goddard in March 2017, and the recent cryogenic testing inside Chamber A at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Read more about the design challenges of building the telescope and the gauntlet of tests it has endured in the years leading up to launch: https://go.nasa.gov/2B0opAH.
GIF Credit: NASA/Michael P. Menzel