JWST's is fully deployed! How are you celebrating? The telescope still has many adventures to come before we get the first images back, but with deployment behind us, we can all take a massive sigh of relief. JWST has another two weeks left on its journey to its final destination, and it will be another five months of calibration and alignment before we get the first pretty pictures. You can learn more here: https://www.planetary.org/articles/jwst-first-images (Animation: NASA/SkyWorks Digital/N

JWST's sunshield is officially deployed! 🎉 This is a huge step for NASA's newest space telescope. With the sunshield unfolded and all five layers tensioned, we are officially past 75% of the potential points of failure in the telescope's deployment. Can we get a round of emoji applause for everyone who has worked on this project? This is amazing! The sunshield is about the size of a tennis court and will protect the telescope from the light and heat of the Sun, Earth and Moon. JWST needs to be

The James Webb Space Telescope is FINALLY ready for launch later next week, and I am just as thrilled as many amateur and pro astronomers around the world are. Find out why #JWST is so revolutionary in this video, and join me for the next Wed's launch live stream at https://youtu.be/7nT7JGZMbtM #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #spaceexploration #HubbleTelescope #NASA | Tech It Out with Yang Zhao

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