New mission for test chamber

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The largest high-vacuum cryogenic-optical test chamber in the world, NASA’s Chamber A at Johnson Space Center, is ready to begin tests of the largest orbital observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, prior to the telescope’s 2018 launch into deep space. Designated a National Historic Landmark for its original role of testing the Apollo command and service modules, Chamber A has been upgraded over the past few years to simulate the extremely low temperatures that the JWST will be exposed to a million miles away from Earth.

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