Subj : Re: The James Webb Space Telescope
To   : All
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Jan 08 2022 11:53 pm

Hi All,

On 2022-01-06 22:05:01, I wrote to you:

 WvV> Sofar all deployments (like putting the heatshield and secondary
 WvV> mirror into place) where succesfull! Only the deployment of the Port
 WvV> and Starboard Primary Mirror Wings remain. These last deployments
 WvV> will start tomorrow.

 WvV> A good place for additional information is: https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/
 WvV> Most days there are multiple updates of what is going on with the JWST...

From this blog:

"Today, at 1:17 p.m. EST, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope completed all of 
its large-scale deployments with the extension and latching of its starboard 
primary mirror wing. Now that the telescope is structurally fully deployed - 
with the secondary mirror tripod and both primary mirror wings in place - the 
three-month process of aligning all of Webb?s telescope optics into a precise 
system can now commence."

Another milestone!

Bye, Wilfred.

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