E.Ro with AFP –
On Tuesday, the telescope first deployed its heat shield, before unfolding the first of its two wings on Friday. NASA teams continued to lock the mirror on Saturday in order to secure it.
James Webb is now in his final configuration to begin his exploration of the cosmos, which is expected to begin in just over five months, according to forecasts. The telescope must in particular make it possible to observe the first galaxies, formed around 200 million years after the Big Bang.