All 18 segments of the primary mirror and the secondary mirror of the James Webb telescope successfully deployed in space
Webb deployed all 18 golden honeycombs / Photo: NASA
With the help of engines, each segment of the most powerful telescope in the world was moved about half the length of a paper clip.
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This was done to release mirrors from launch limiters and give each segment enough room to align, NASA explained.
Move the mirrors of the giant telescope the size of a tennis court which will last 20 years, the engineers started last week.
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In progress engines have made more than a million revolutions, controlled by 20 units of cryogenic electronics, said Webb program manager Erin Wolfe.
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The segments have been moved 12.5 mm. Now engineers will keep moving mirrors in the micron and nanometer ranges in order to finally level the surface.
Behind the telescope adjustment process, which engineers conduct remotely from Earthyou can follow online:
The calibration of all the details of the telescope, which should look into the very beginning of our Universe, will take about three months, that is, already at the end of April, he will be able to send the first pictures.
In addition, Webb will be able within 60 hours discover the first signs of carbon on planets outside the solar system and see if life could exist there.
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