Micrometeroid puts a tiny dint in one of 18 mirror segments in James Webb Space Telescope

By Cosmic1 on June 10, 2022   Asteroids, Astronomy, Featured, Impacting, Out There, Recent Hits, Satellites, science & technology, Space Travel, Telescopes  

Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 9, 2022 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was struck by a larger than expected micrometeoroid in late May, slightly damaging one of the spacecraft’s 18 primary mirror segments. NASA said that the telescope is “still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements.” The telescope cost NASA nearly $10 billion […]