JWST sunshield tensioned
With JWST’s sunshield fully deployed and tensioned, controllers will now focus on setting up the telescope itself.

Controllers completed the deployment of the sunshield of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Jan. 4, allowing the mission to move ahead to setting up the telescope itself.

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