The inevitable first ding.
In late May, Webb sustained a dust-sized micrometeroid impact to a primary mirror segment. Not to worry: Webb is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements. Our first images will #UnfoldTheUniverse on July 12: https://t.co/9jp0uq7ytS pic.twitter.com/VKkSp16yrg
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) June 8, 2022
Twitter for the headline, blog for the story.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/06/08/webb-engineered-to-endure-micrometeoroid-impacts/
HA! Welcome back.
…and it still had that new telescope smell.