Date uploaded: 2022-01-09 13:55:25

All systems are go for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which deployed its full gold-plated, sunflower-shaped mirror display on Saturday. Now, the $10 billion successor to the Hubble telescope has five months of alignment and calibration procedures before it is expected to start sending images back to Earth, the space agency said Saturday. The news marked the completion of a "remarkable feat," said Gregory Robinson, NASA's Webb program director, in a statement. "The successful completion of all of the Webb Space Telescope’s deployments is historic,” he said. "This is the first time a NASA-led mission has ever attempted to complete a complex sequence to unfold an observatory in space." Tap the link in bio for more on the James Webb Space Telescope and its launch. Photos by Bill Ingalls/ @nasa via @gettyimages #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #HubbleTelescope