Specially trained to mimic the impact of a severe hail storm, our Quality Control Goats ensure that our solar panels can withstand the toughest beating.
The image taken by the JWST compared to one taken by Hubble, of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.
It's s a gravitational lens, showing us the light of galaxies that are far behind the cluster in arcs around it. I tried to orient them the same. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.
👀 Sneak a peek at the deepest & sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken — all in a day’s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb’s first image released as we begin to #UnfoldTheUniverse: https://t.co/tlougFWg8B
Nope, we’re not just winging it! But we did successfully deploy and latch the first of our two primary mirror wings. 😎
These side panels, folded back for launch, each hold 3 of Webb’s 18 mirror segments. Next up: our final wing! https://t.co/xnaWZXYiSx #UnfoldTheUniverse
It’s what we’ve all been waiting for: The James Webb Space Telescope will soon spread its primary mirror wings!
Today we begin with the mirror wing on the port (left) side of the observatory. This process should take a few hours: https://t.co/FWSpxIB03L #UnfoldTheUniverse
This is it: we’ve just wrapped up one of the most challenging steps of our journey to #UnfoldTheUniverse.
With all five layers of sunshield tensioning complete, about 75% of our 344 single-point failures have been retired!