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

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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.)

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Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]