Webb model transforms at NASA; Student engineers behind the controls
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
A car-sized model of one of the most advanced projects NASA is working on -- the James Webb Space Telescope -- unfolded at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Aug. 21, 2013. Built like a transformer and controlled robotically by engineering students from California Polytechnic University in Pomona, the model illustrates how Webb will be deployed one million miles out in space.