Webb’s journey of discovery begins
Feb 06, 2022
2 minutes
by David Dickinson
JUST OVER TWO WEEKS after launch, the origami-like James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) unfolded just as expected. On January 8, NASA controllers announced that the telescope’s final primary mirror segment had locked into place, marking the end of the deployment phase.
“Today, NASA achieved another engineering milestone decades in the making,” said Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator. “While the journey
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