University of Michigan: James Webb Space Telescope Nearly Three Quarters Through Its Journey
January 10, 2022
January 10, 2022
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 10 (TNSOps) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
More than two weeks after the James Webb Space Telescope's launch on Christmas Day, the telescope has traveled about 700,000 miles from Earth. JWST has successfully deployed its secondary mirror, a key element of the telescope's optics. Next, JWST will unfold its primary mirror segments.
U-M astronomer Michael Meyer says that observing the telescope's tr . . .
More than two weeks after the James Webb Space Telescope's launch on Christmas Day, the telescope has traveled about 700,000 miles from Earth. JWST has successfully deployed its secondary mirror, a key element of the telescope's optics. Next, JWST will unfold its primary mirror segments.
U-M astronomer Michael Meyer says that observing the telescope's tr . . .