Thursday, January 20, 2022

Webb Telescope Mirror Segments Deployed


The major mirror "wings" were locked into place a couple of weeks ago, and now the individual mirror segments have been unlatched from their launch positions.  Next up is the final maneuvering into the L2 orbit in a couple of days.  This will be followed by a long tune-up process, but we may have some initial images trickling in by April.  As always, more details are at NASA's Webb Telescope site.

Here's lookin' at you, other side of the universe.


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