Northrop Delivers Optical Telescope Element to NASA for Webb Observatory Integration
Northrop Grumman has delivered the Optical Telescope Element to NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to support the 18 hexagonal gold-coated beryllium mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope. The company said Tuesday the 21.5-foot OTE is made of graphite composite materials and is designed to support the Webb telescope’s deep space observation mission. Scott Texter, Northrop telescope manager for the aerospace systems business, said […] More