Items tagged with micrometeoroid

NASA convened a team of experts to devise a plan to protect its extremely valuable Webb telescope from powerful micrometeoroid impacts. The team was assembled following an impact in May, which exceeded any prelaunch models. NASA... Read more...
Micrometeoroids have impacted the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but NASA says not to worry. The space agency reported that between May 23 and 25, the space telescope suffered an impact to one of its primary mirror segments. The... Read more...