James Webb Space Telescope’s tower assembly is extended to allow for the deployment of sunshield
The massive sunshield for the James Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to being completed. The massive new space observatory’s deployable tower assembly (DTA), a 48-inch-long (1.2-meter) shaft that joins the telescope’s two sections, was successfully extended on Wednesday (Dec. 29), NASA officials announced in a statement. The DTA on the James Webb Space…