An overhead glimpse inside the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., as engineers ready the James Webb Space Telescope's Integrated Science Instrument Module for testing.
An overhead glimpse inside the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., as engineers ready the James Webb Space Telescope’s Integrated Science Instrument Module, just lowered into the chamber for its first thermal vacuum test. The ISIM and the ISIM System Integration Fixture that holds the ISIM Electronics Compartment is completely covered in protective blankets to shield it from contamination.
Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn