Stick around for some in-camera test footage later on, test stills are below and there's a hands-on video after the break.

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Conducted to determine the capabilities of the orbiting camera, a test search earlier this month demonstrated the difficulty of distinguishing a lander even if the location is known.

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Next week, they will order the spacecraft to unfold the telescope's 33-foot-long camera mast and test its array of 133 mirrors, then begin actual operations 23 days later.

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