James Webb Space Telescope unfurls sunshield in major post-launch milestone
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully unfurled its sunshield on Friday, in another milestone for the groundbreaking project.
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What if the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield doesn't deploy?
Before the James Webb Space Telescope can make countless astronomical discoveries, it has to open a 70-by-47-foot sunshield, protecting the instruments from light and heat. This deployment is one of many configurations necessary for the mission but widely regarded as the most complicated. The task will take five days to complete, beginning Tuesday.
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'Best Christmas present.' Sykesville man is commissioning manager for James Webb Space Telescope
Keith Parrish, 54, of Sykesville received his best Christmas present ever this year. At 7:20 a.m., on Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope blasted off into space after years of delay. Parrish, the telescope’s commissioning manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said now the telescope will be able to carry out its purpose — to help scientists around the world learn how the universe began.
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Astronomers are freaking out over the launch of the James Webb telescope.
A failure here could mean a much more conservative future for space observatories, and no second chance.
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