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The James Webb Telescope's heat shield deployed, crucial step of the mission

2022-01-04T17:25:02.155Z

Launched at Christmas, the telescope continues to deploy. This step will allow scientific instruments not to be exposed to the heat of the sun.

The James Webb space telescope on Tuesday, January 4, took a major step towards the success of its mission with the full deployment of its heat shield, an essential element for conducting future observations of the cosmos, NASA announced.

Read alsoThe Webb telescope deploys step by step

This shield is made up of five layers each the size of a tennis court, intended to protect scientific instruments from the heat of the Sun.

They have been carefully unfolded and stretched one by one since Monday.

Source: lefigaro

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