James Webb Space Telescope unfurls sunshield in major post-launch milestone
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully unfurled its sunshield on Friday, in another milestone for the groundbreaking project.
The intricate process was completed in less than four hours, with each of the 107 membrane release devices associated with the sunshield deployment released.
The telescope has 178 of the "non-explosive actuators" in total and 107 were used to keep the sunshield safe and folded before deployment.
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