James Webb Space telescope. Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Deal with the release of Webbs sunshield mid-booms went late into the night the other day. Webb mission management chose this early morning to pause deployment activities for today and enable the group to rest and prepare to begin Webbs sunshield tensioning tomorrow, Sunday, January 2. That deployment is still expected to occur over a minimum of two days.
This will likely affect the complete timeline for Webbs deployment. The timeline will be updated as significant deployments resume.
By NASA
January 1, 2022