Webb space telescope nearing destination a million miles away
Thirty days outbound from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope will slip into its parking orbit nearly a million miles away on Monday, an ideal spot to scan the heavens in search of faint infrared light from the first generation of stars and galaxies. But getting there — and successfully deploying a giant sunshade, mirrors and other appendages along the way — was just half the fun.
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