NASA's Webb Telescope Keeping Cool with Ultra-thin

NASA's Webb Telescope Keeping Cool with Ultra-thin DuPont Kapton Polyimide Films

Space Daily

Published 29 Dec 2021

Wilmington DE (SPX) Dec 29, 2021

After 30 years in development, the National Aeronautics Space Administration's (NASA) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on December 25, 2021, from the European Space Agency's launch site at Kourou in French Guiana. DuPont technology, in the form of ultra-thin Kapton polyimide films, is the crucial material protecting the JWST from the light and the heat of the sun, enabling it to fu

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NASA's Webb Telescope Keeping Cool with Ultra-thin DuPont Kapton Polyimide Films

NASA's Webb Telescope Keeping Cool with Ultra-thin DuPont Kapton Polyimide Films

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