Another major milestone for the $10bn observatory as its secondary mirror is locked into position.
Summary
- “Another banner day for JWST.
- In particular, the secondary mirror deployment folks - you guys did a heck of a job.
- This is unbelievable,” said Bill Ochs, the US space agency’s (Nasa) Webb programme manager.
- “We are now at a point where we’re about 600,000 miles from Earth, and we actually have a telescope.
- Congratulations to everybody.”