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James Webb Space Telescope Second Primary Mirror Deployment
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NASA James Webb Space Telescope Ground Systems Engineer Carl Reis at NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore monitors the progress as the observatory’s second primary mirror wing rotates into position, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Webb, an infrared telescope with a 21.3-foot (6.5-meter) primary mirror, was folded up for launch and underwent an unprecedented deployment process to unfold in space.
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Credit lineJames Webb Space Telescope Second Primary Mirror Deployment. NASA/HQ, 2022-01-08. Public domain. ID: NHQ202201080010.
