Webb telescope fully deploys sunshield in mission milestone

Washington (AFP) Jan 4, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its tennis-court sized sunshield Tuesday, a critical milestone for the success of its mission to study every phase of cosmic history, NASA said. "All five layers of the sunshield are fully tensioned," said an announcer at the observatory's control center in Baltimore, where team members cheered, a live feed showed. The 70-foot (21 meter) long