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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Completes a Critical Milestone – SciTechDaily

Testing teams have successfully completed a critical milestone focused on demonstrating that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will respond to commands once in space. Known as a “Ground Segment Test,” this is the first time commands to power on and test Webb’…

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Shown with its primary mirror fully deployed, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most technically complex space science telescope NASA has ever built. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
Testing teams have successfully completed a critical milestone focused on demonstrating that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will respond to commands once in space.
Known as a “Ground Segment Test,” this is the first time commands to power on and test Webb’s scientific instruments have been sent to the…

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