Science and Exploration

James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
August 1, 2013
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James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam.
NASA/Chris Gunn

The optics module of the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary imager, the Near Infrared Camera, arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on Saturday, July 27, 2013. In this photo, Lockheed Martin engineers attach a lift sling to the NIRCam instrument.

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