Preparing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The OSIM going in the vacuum chamber for OTE (Optical Telescope Element) Simulator or OSIM wrapped in a silver blanket on a platform, being lowered down into a vacuum chamber (called the Space Environment Simulator, or SES) by a crane to be tested to withstand the cold temperatures of space. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn.

---

Size: 4290px × 2840px
Location:
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: advance, advanced, astronomy, chamber, circular, digitaleye, element, horizontal, james, jamie, jwst, marshall, misc22_nasa022, nasa, optical, osim, ote, preparation, space, technological, technology, telescope, testing, tribaleye, vaccuum, vacuum, webb