Webb Telescope Wing Deployment (image)

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Engineers successfully completed two deployments for the James Webb Space Telescope's "wings" or side portions of the backplane structure that fold up.
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Credits: NASA
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Engineers successfully completed two deployments for the James Webb Space Telescope's "wings" or side portions of the backplane structure that fold up.
Credits: NASA
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