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James Webb telescope faces ‘significant uncorrectable’ damage from micrometeoroid hit: Report

By Ryan King
Published July 20, 2022 3:21pm ET
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James Webb telescope faces ‘significant uncorrectable’ damage from micrometeoroid hit: Report
A micrometeoroid that hit the James Webb Space Telescope in May caused a “significant uncorrectable change” to one of its panels used to observe deep space. So far, Webb has faced at least six deformations on its main mirror panels that have been traced to micrometeoroid strikes, but five of those degradations were negligible or […]


A micrometeoroid that hit the James Webb Space Telescope in May caused a “significant uncorrectable change” to one of its panels used to observe deep space.

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