James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)'s Full Mirror Deployment Test. Webb has the largest mirror of its kind that NASA has ever built. In March 2020, testing teams deployed Webb's 21'4' () primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in the art of origami, Webb is a collection of movable parts that have been specifically designed to fold to a compact formation that is considerably smaller than when the observatory is fully deployed. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only

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