[caww]

This “selfie” was created using a specialized pupil imaging lens inside the NIRCam instrument that was designed to take images of the primary mirror segments, instead of images of space. (NASA)

"This amazing telescope has not only spread its wings, but it has now opened its eyes," Lee Feinberg, Webb's optical telescope element manager at the NASA

[zeestephen]

Great close up.

Taken by the ride-along astronaut who brushes the space dust off the mirror every morning?

[cyclotic]

My son sent us that photo yesterday. He’s a space geek and an actual rocket scientist at NASA. Some friends of his are on the Webb Mission.

It’s the first ever satellite selfie

[Larry Lucido]

Way cool!