NASA says we can still expect pristine images on July 12.
All spacecraft are expected to experience and designed to withstand micrometeoroid impacts, and JWST is no different. The observatory's engineers even subjected mirror samples to real impacts to understand how such events might affect the mission's science.
Despite the impact coming so early in the observatory's tenure, NASA officials are confident that the $10 billion telescope will still perform adequately. In addition, JWST launched with its optics in even better shape than the agency bargained for, officials noted in the statement.
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