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Tensioning Begins for Two Layers of Webb’s Sunshield

In this illustration, the multilayered sunshield on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope stretches out beneath the observatory’s honeycomb mirror

With three layers of Webb’s sunshield fully deployed, the team commenced tensioning – that is, pulling each layer fully taut – of the final two layers this morning. We will have live coverage of the fifth layer tensioning at nasa.gov/live beginning at about 9:30 am EST.