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REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – July 7, 2022 – (VIDEO RELEASE) First images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which was built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), will be revealed on July 12. Watch Northrop Grumman’s...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – April 13, 2022 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), is one step closer to being fully commissioned. Enabled by Northrop Grumman cryocooler technology, the system...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Jan. 24, 2022 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), arrived at its solar orbit, Lagrange Point 2 (L2), marking the completion of its million mile journey and the...

KOUROU, French Guiana – Dec. 25, 2021 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), successfully launched today from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana aboard an...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Dec. 18, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA have successfully completed the final sunshield deployment test on the James Webb Space Telescope in preparation for its 2021 launch.  “The success of this...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Oct. 6, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA have completed environmental testing on the James Webb Space Telescope. The environmental testing demonstrated Webb’s ability to withstand harsh environmental...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Oct. 21, 2019 – At Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) in Redondo Beach, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully validated its ability to perform key deployments for the first time since its post environmental testing...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Aug. 28, 2019 – At Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) in Redondo Beach, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Spacecraft Element (SCE) and Optical Telescope Element/Integrated Science Instrument Module (OTIS) are now one. Both...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Secondary Mirror Support Structure (SMSS) was deployed for the first time using the telescope’s flight electronics at Northrop Grumman’s clean room in Redondo Beach, California. The milestone marks another major...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – May 30, 2019 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Spacecraft Element (SCE) successfully completed its last environmental test, thermal vacuum testing, at Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) in Redondo Beach. Thermal vacuum...