The Webb Telescope Sunshield

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) Editors Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Rich Melnick (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Host Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead] Producers Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead] Michael Starobin (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead] Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) Videographer Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]