NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope completes final functional tests to prepare for launch

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope completes final functional tests to prepare for launch

February marked significant progress for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which completed its final functional performance tests at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California. The test teams successfully completed two milestones that confirmed that the observatory’s internal electronics were all functioning as intended and that the spacecraft and its four scientific instruments could send and receive data correctly via the same network they will use in space. These milestones are a reminder of Webb being ready to launch in October.

These tests are known as the Full Systems Test, which took place at Northrop Grumman, and the Ground Segment Test, which took place in conjunction with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.

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