Well Ahead Of Schedule, Out AT L2... With Next Gen Space Telescope... And A Chaser -- Of Milton, For The Fools' Day.

This is decidedly good news. The sooner the 'scope is fully cooled to absolute zero, the sooner we might image Earandel, and all the other treasures awaiting these 18 hexagonal gold mirrors. . . out there in the vast quiet. [And in honor of the fools' day, I'll couple it with some of Milton's ancient musing, on early awakenings. . . in silence. Space like. . . silence.]

In any event, stage six in now complete, due to the precision of the prior five stages. Here's this morning's latest, from NASA/ESA reporting:

. . .The sixth stage of aligning NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mirrors to its scientific instruments so they will create the most accurate and focused images possible has concluded. While the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) continues its cooldown, optics teams have successfully aligned the rest of the observatory’s onboard instruments to Webb’s mirrors.

Previous alignment efforts were so accurate that the team concluded no additional adjustments to the secondary mirror are necessary until the seventh and final stage, which will involve MIRI when it has fully cooled. . . .

Now you know -- smiling; ever smiling -- be excellent to one another. . . .

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