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James Webb Space Telescope NASA Mission UpdateJan. 7, 2022 Webb’s iconic primary mirror is taking its final shape. Today, the first of two primary mirror wings, or side panels, was deployed and latched successfully. Each side panel holds three primary mirror segments that were engineered to fold back to reduce Webb’s overall profile for flight. The process of deploying the port side mirror wing began at approximately 8:36 a.m. EST. […]https://parabolicarc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Webb_unfolding_sequence.jpg