Title :
Cryogenic Optical Thermal-Vacuum Testing of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Author :
Sabelhaus, Phil ; Geithner, Paul ; Diaz, Charles
Author_Institution :
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt
Abstract :
Cryogenic optical testing and verification the James Webb Space Telescope is one of the biggest challenges in the I&T program. JWST has constructed an incremental verification program for the optical telescope and the integrated science instrument module to ensure compliance and to mitigate the severity of problems on flight hardware.
Keywords :
aerospace testing; astronomical telescopes; conformance testing; cryogenics; James Webb Space Telescope; compliance testing; cryogenic optical testing; cryogenic optical thermal-vacuum testing; flight hardware problems; incremental verification program optical telescope; integrated science instrument module; Biomedical optical imaging; Cryogenics; Integrated optics; NASA; Observatories; Project management; Space technology; Telescopes; Testing; Thermal management;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0524-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2007.352981
