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First wing of Webb telescope’s primary mirror folds into place

Artist’s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope’s port-side mirror segment folded into place. Credit: NASAOne of the two wings holding three of the James Webb Space Telescope’s gold-coated mirror segments folded into place Friday, setting the stage for positioning of the other wing Saturday to complete the nearly $10 billion observatory’s major deployments. “Webb’s…
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Webb Telescope’s Sunshield Fully Deployed

The Webb team has successfully completed tensioning for the five layers of the observatory’s kite-shaped sunshield. An artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope. Image credit: ESA. The five-layered sunshield of the NASA/ESA/CAS James Webb Space Telescope — about the size of a tennis court at full size — was folded to fit inside…
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