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James Webb Space Telescope marks deployment of all mirrors

By Meghan Bartels published about 11 hours ago

Next up: Arrival at L2!

 
 
 
 
 
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, seen here in an artist's illustration, 

is wrapping up its month-long deployment process. (Image credit: NASA)

NASA's massive new observatory has notched another milestone.

After nearly a full month in space, the James Webb Space Telescope, also known as JWST or Webb, is nearly at the end of its deployment work. The complicated series of deployments has seen the telescope transform from its tightly-folded launch configuration to what looks like a real observatory, although science observations remain months away.

"Just in from the @NASAWebb team: All 18 primary mirror segments and the secondary mirror are now fully deployed!" NASA Administrator Bill Nelson wrote in a tweet posted on Wednesday (Jan. 19). "Congratulations to the teams that have been working tirelessly since launch to get to this point. Soon, Webb will arrive at its new home, L2!"