Something HUGE is unfolding for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. In a recent test, the spacecraft fully deployed its iconic primary mirror into the same configuration it will have in space. Why this test is key to a successful mission: https://go.nasa.gov/2JLZuTP | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

A giant telescope that will allow humans to look back in time has successfully unfolded itself in space. | Sunrise

4.1K views · 360 reactions | NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission operations team has successfully deployed and latched into place the telescope's forward and aft Unitized Pallet Structures. The unfolding of the pallets marks the beginning of Webb’s major structural deployments and also the beginning of the sunshield deployment phase—which will continue through at least Sunday, January 2: https://go.nasa.gov/32KIvxB #UnfoldTheUniverse | Space Telescope Science Institute | Facebook