Webb Sunshield Successfully Deployed

Irene Klotz January 04, 2022
Northrop
The JWST sunshield during its final deployment test at the Northrop Grumman facility in Redondo Beach, California, in December 2020.
Credit: Chris Gunn/NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Flight controllers overseeing the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) breezed through the deployment and positioning of the observatory’s five-layer, tennis court-sized sunshield, completing what was considered the most technically complicated part of the mission ahead of...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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