Micrometeoroid Noticeably Damaged One of Webb Telescope's Mirror Segments - Slashdot

"A small space rock has proven to have a big effect on NASA's newly operational deep-space telescope," reports Space.com, causing "significant uncorrectable change" according to a new report from NASA engineers. But fortunately, "Seventeen mirror segments re…

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