Partially Deployed Primary Mirror (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Partially Deployed Primary Mirror

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Deployment tests like these help safeguard mission success by physically demonstrating that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is able to move and unfold as intended.

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Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn

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