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Andrew McKay

Researcher at Grumman Aircraft Corporation

Publications -  8
Citations -  68

Andrew McKay is an academic researcher from Grumman Aircraft Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Primary mirror & James Webb Space Telescope. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications receiving 50 citations.

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An overview of optical fabrication of the JWST mirror segments at Tinsley

TL;DR: The context, preparation, and facilitization of Tinsley to produce the 18 JWST primary mirror segments are described, and an overview of the Project at TINSley is presented.
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James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element Mirror Coatings

TL;DR: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Optical Telescope Element (OTE) mirror coating program has been completed and detailed overview of the development and performance of the flight mirrors can be found in this article.
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JWST mirror production status

TL;DR: The 18 flight primary mirrors segments, the secondary mirror, and the tertiary mirror are all advanced in the mirror production process with many segments through the final polishing process, coating process, final assembly, vibration testing, and final acceptance testing.
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Successful production of the engineering development unit (EDU) primary mirror segment and flight unit tertiary mirror for JWST

TL;DR: Final optical wavefront measurements over the various spatial frequency ranges have demonstrated that all of the requirements are met, which has validated the processes of fabrication and metrology and allows Tinsley to proceed with the production of the 18 flight mirror segments.
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The James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance

Michael W. McElwain, +116 more
TL;DR: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as discussed by the authors is a large, infrared space telescope that has recently started its science program which will enable breakthroughs in astrophysics and planetary science.