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... Development. Cameron retired from NASA in December of 2008 to join Northrop Grumman Corporation as the Director of Houston Operations for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.Cameron currently owns and flies a "Cozy ...

... than one millionth of an inch," said Scott Texter, Webb Optical Telescope element manager at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, Calif. A second set of six mirror assemblies will arrive at ... is a combined project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency . Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor under NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md ...

... a decade-long process," said Scott Willoughby, vice president and Webb Telescope Program manager for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "We had to invent an entire new mirror technology to give Webb the ability to see back in time." Northrop Grumman Corp. in Redondo Beach, Calif. is the telescope's prime contractor. As the successor ...

... finished earlier this year. Quantum Coating Inc. (QCI) is under contract to Ball Aerospace and Northrop Grumman. QCI constructed a new coating facility and clean room to coat the large mirror ... ., Boulder, Colo. -- The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif. -- Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colo. -- Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif. The awards total approximately $3 million with a maximum ...

... , permitting the mirrors to form a single, pristine shape needed to take sharp images. The Northrop Grumman Corporation in Redondo Beach, Calif., and its teammate ATK in Magna, Utah, completed construction of the center section. Northrop Grumman is under contract to Goddard for the design and development of Webb's sunshield ...

... Program. The project at the time, there were four competing companies. Martin Marietta Corporation , Lockheed, Northrop Corporation , and McDonnell Douglas. Once a month we had to take a week trip. We ... with Lockheed all day Wednesday . Get on the airplane, fly to southern California, meet with Northrop on Thursday . Then Friday we’d meet with Rockwell, because they were the integrators. So ...

... module. ATK of Magna, Utah, finished fabrication under the direction of the observatory's builder, Northrop Grumman Corp. The backplane support frame also will keep the light path aligned inside the ... this year for the extreme cryogenic thermal testing. They will undergo structural static testing at Northrop Grumman's facilities in Redondo Beach, Calif. in early 2014, and then be combined with ...

... built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., in Boulder, Colorado. Ball is the principal subcontractor to Northrop Grumman for the optical technology and optical system design. The installation of the mirrors onto the telescope structure is performed by Harris Corporation, a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman. Harris Corporation leads integration and testing for the telescope. “The Harris team will be ...

... 'South by Southwest'''' NASA is partnering with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and the Northrop Grumman Corporation to highlight the James Webb Space Telescope at South by Southwest (SXSW) from ... : Amber Straughn, astrophysicist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Blake Bullock, director at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Joel Green, astrophysicist and project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute ...

... Joint Polar Satellite System-2 Mission''' NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, of Azusa, California, for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Instrument for ... agent for the flight systems and some components of the ground system. Under this contract, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems will manufacture, test and deliver the ATMS instrument, support instrument integration on ...

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