The James Webb Space Telescope is still unfolding, and tomorrow will see the tensioning of its sunshield. Here’s how to watch live coverage of the event.
The James Webb Space Telescope is continuing the complex process of unfolding its origami-like structure into its final deployed form while traveling through space on its way to its ultimate orbit around the sun. A major part of this process, in which the telescope tensions its sunshield, will be happening tomorrow and NASA will broadcast live coverage of the event. We’ve got the details on what to expect from this and how to watch along at home. The process of getting the telescope from its launch configuration, folded up inside a rocket, to its full deployment, ready to start science operations, is a complex one. One of the most crucial and delicate parts of this operation is the deployment of the five-layered, tennis court-sized sunshield which will protect the telescope from the heat of the sun.
