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

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

"...one of the wonderful challenges about astronomy is that we have to imagine something so we can go look for it. But nature has a way of being even more creative than we are; so we have always been surprised by what we see in the sky. That’s why building a telescope has always been interesting. Every time we build a better one, we see something we never imagined was out there." - Dr. John Mather Learn more about the science goals of the James Webb Space Telescope with Dr. Amber Straughn and Dr