James Webb completed its deployment two weeks after the telescope took off

The Telescope Spatial James Web With its main mirror, Saturday successfully completed the last phase of its deployment, and it is now in its final frame, and within five more months it will be able to begin exploring its universe.

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The telescope’s iconic main glass was 6.5 meters in diameter, so it was as big as it was mounted on a rocket two weeks ago. So both its sides should be folded backwards.

The first of these two wings was used on Friday and the second was scheduled to open Saturday morning, NASA said. Space agency teams continued to lock it up to protect it permanently. “I’m flexibleThomas Zurbuchen, head of NASA’s scientific missions, said live via video. “What an extraordinary step.⁇

Deployment in the space of such a telescope, not only its mirrors, but also its mirrors Heat shielding was the most dangerous process earlier this week Not done in the past.

Astronomers around the world can breathe a sigh of relief today because this mission is so successful now.

However, before operation, the telescope must still reach its final orbit of 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, and must be continuously cooled before scientific instruments can be measured very accurately.

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James Webb, the most powerful space laboratory ever designed, should make it possible for the Big Bang to observe the first galaxies to form about 200 million years later. It flies from Baltimore on the east coast of the United States. NASA aired live footage from the control room Saturday morning, where dozens of engineers applauded happily at the announcement of the full deployment.

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