An early setback almost prevented the James Webb Space Telescope's first science images from reaching the masses.
Only a short time ago, NASA officials feared James Webb's mission was doomed and that we may never see the first scientific images we were treated to last week.
The sun shield stops the observatory's instruments from overheating from the constant sunlight exposure at its locations orbiting Lagrange Point 2, roughly 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
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