Based on the obtained CTE dispersion, we performed an finite - element - method (FEM) analysis of the thermal deformation of a 3.5
m diameter cryogenic mirror made of six SiC - 100 segments.
The vault - like, 40 - foot
diameter, 40 - ton door of Chamber A at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
was unsealed on November 18, signaling the end of
cryogenic testing for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.