✅ Right now, we just successfully completed the first step: unfolding the forward sunshield pallet. Think of Webb’s pallets as a cake stand that will hold 5 layers of sunshield — the cake’s layers, if you will. 🍰

More about this step: https://t.co/PuMCufALA8 #UnfoldTheUniverse pic.twitter.com/o2Bqb1rYYt

— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) December 28, 2021