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Starshade Artist’s Concept 2

This artist's rendering shows the proposed starshade concept flying in sync with a space telescope. The giant sunflower-like structure would…

Starshade Artist’s Concept 1

This artist's rendering shows the proposed starshade flying in sync with a space telescope. The giant sunflower-like structure would be…

Starshade Deployed at JPL

This image shows a deployed half-scale starshade with four petals at NASA's JPL. On a starshade ready for launch, the…

Starshade Test in Nevada

A test of a small-scale starshade model in a dry lake bed in central Nevada's Smith Creek by Northrup Grumman…

Starshade Deployment

This image shows the deployment of a half-scale starshade with four petals at NASA's JPL in 2014. The flower-like petals…

First Starshade Prototype at JPL

The first prototype starshade developed by NASA's JPL, shown in technology partner Astro Aerospace/Northrup Grumman's facility in Santa Barbara, California,…

Furled Starshade Prototype

A furled first prototype starshade developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shown in technology partner Astro Aerospace/Northrup Grumman's facility in…

Half-Scale Starshade

A deployed half-scale starshade with four petals at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA., in 2014. The flower-like petals of…

Starshade Prototype

The four petals pictured in the image shows the bare bones of the first prototype starshade by NASA's JPL, being…