The Webb Telescope's sunshield is key to enabling Webb's science. This feature explains how the sunshield works, and how this tennis court-sized piece of hardware fits into a rocket (hint: it's deployed after launch!).
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Writers Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Michael Starobin (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
