14 February 2022
While we have started the long process of aligning the telescope mirrors, almost all of the components on Webb’s cold side are still continuing to cool. The JWST giant sunshield keeps the telescope and cameras out of both direct sunlight and sunlight that is reflected from Earth and the Moon. Everything on the cold side of the sunshield is passively cooling, radiating heat into deep space.
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