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By February 6, 2022, will the James Webb Space Telescope successfully see First Light?

Resolved :Yes

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Hubble Space Telescope

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NASA

James Webb Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Fine guidance sensor

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Authors:

EvanHarper

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Closes:

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Hubble Space Telescope

Astrophysics

NASA

James Webb Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Fine guidance sensor

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