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A replica of the backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope is hoisted into place in the assembly stand in NASA Goddard’s giant cleanroom. Over the next few months, the telescope’s mirrors will be installed to it—so they don’t make any mistakes when they do it on the real-deal. [NASA]

http://www.nasa.gov/content/james-webb-space-telescope-pathfinder-backplane-in-the-cleanroom/#.U-xw37xdUdo

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