[New post] The James Webb Space Telescope Has Fully Extended Its Sunshield Successfully

Jannat Un Nisa posted: " On Tuesday, the James Webb Space Telescope, which is now more than 570,000 miles away from Earth, finished extending all five layers of its sunshield, completing one of the most complex tasks in the observatory's initial activation. The fifth and fina" New post on Wonderful Engineering The James Webb Space Telescope Has Fully Extended Its Sunshield Successfully by Jannat Un Nisa On Tuesday, the James Webb Space Telescope, which is now more than 570,000 miles away from Earth, finished extending all five layers of its sunshield, completing one of the most complex tasks in the observatory's initial activation. The fifth and final hair-thin layer of the 70-foot-long, 54-foot-wide sunshade was pushed into place and firmly secured using […] Read more of this post Jannat Un Nisa | January 5, 2022 at 11:50 pm | Tags: challenging deployment, critical milestone, ground-breaking tech, JWST, largest telescope in the world, NASA, sunshade, sunshield deployment | Categories: News | URL: https://wp.me/p3lRK9-12hL Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Wonderful Engineering. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://wonderfulengineering.com/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-fully-extended-its-sunshield-successfully/