1) Let’s start with liftoff. A rocket launch is 100 times more intense and 4 times louder than a rock concert!
To simulate that level of extreme noise, Webb’s complete structure was recently blasted with powerful sound waves.
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#NASAWebb is now in its final suite of testing before being shipped to its launch location. Up next: some more deployment testing, plus another full systems evaluation. For more on Webb’s testing journey, read our Tumblr: https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/631437243045822464/10-ways-the-webb-telescope-trains-for-space …pic.twitter.com/4xdKRXTkO9
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Cannot wait for the first images from the JWST. I'll just have to be patient.
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soooo, this may be an odd question; How do you keep mirrors clean in space?
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They won't need to be cleaned! We'll be orbiting the Sun a million miles from Earth, rather than orbiting the Earth where there is a lot of debris. Test done showed that micrometeoroids will have a negligible effect on the beryllium mirrors.
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Each line of code for Webb was tested & retested as different lines were combined into larger software components:
The sunshield is critical for protecting the telescope's sensitive mirrors & instruments from light and heat:

We ran through these complex procedures, plus we used special equipment to simulate how we’ll “talk” to Webb in space: