NASA and Northrop Grumman are training their engineers on how to handle and assemble the telescope's Optical Telescope Element, also known as the 'eye' of the telescope.
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NASA Sets Briefing with Members of Future Space Station Crews
08.18.09 - Three future residents of the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 17, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield
08.17.09 - A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.
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