And, in further news of no surprises are good, JWST has sent back a selfie showing its out-of-alignment mirrors. This is a first step toward doing science someday, many months in the future. NASA has stated that we should expect to start seeing images – bad-looking images – of stars as they work to align the mirrors and get the telescope sorted into a better configuration.

Pamela is going to continue to ignore this mission until the data looks good, out of fear that a watched telescope will never focus.

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Photons Received: Webb Sees Its First Star – 18 Times (NASA)