James Webb Space Telescope Vibration Testing

Do you know what this is? Image Credit: NASA Which parts can you see? Primary Mirror, sunshield, secondary mirror, spacecraft bus. Image Credit: NASA

Why is the telescope folded up? JWST is too big to fit into the launch rocket, so it is folded up. It will unfold once it has been launched, on the way to its destination.

3,2,1 Blast off! What happens during a launch? 2017 ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique Vidéo du CSG - OV

Challenge Work in small groups to: Design and make a model telescope able to withstand the vibrations of a launch