Webb telescope launch coming up very shortly Dec 25th within an hour

[MacDoc]

Launch - NASA Science

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Move over Hubble: Why the James Webb Space Telescope is such a big deal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/webb-te ... -1.6295339

 

[mimico_polak]

I cannot wait to see what the new imagines and info it brings us in the future. Massive upgrade over the aging Hubble and I’m sure it’ll open up some new undiscovered areas.

 

[PrivatePilot]

I was going to watch this launch if I was up, but alas, adult children means we all slept in until nearly 9AM lol.

 

[cycling]

Thank you,"MacDoc"
Absolutely fascinating.

Can not wait to the the first pictures. History in the making.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

I’ve been watching YouTube vids about this thing for the past few months. Very interesting and I’m hoping it works as expected.

 

[MacDoc]

Bittersweet watching the last live glimpse as the solar array unfolded .

First light is 6 months out as the align the multiple mirrors to a single image but I'm sure we will see some early images from a single mirror.

The next hurdle is getting the sun shield unfolded and oriented once it reaches the LaGrange point in about a month. Then lots of shakedown work.
The images will provide exciting work for a generation of astronomers and astrophysicists.

 

[MacDoc]

Good info here on what is coming

James Webb: Hubble telescope successor faces 'two weeks of terror'

Nasa's huge new space observatory must survive a daunting series of deployments if it's to work.

www.bbc.com

 

[sburns]

Looks exciting. Always fascinated by space exploration.
Hopefully no one was eating a greasy sandwhich before packing that up and left a fingerprint smung, that would be a bummer.

 

[Wingboy]

I have never had a bucket list. But watching a launch would be awesome.

 

[PrivatePilot]

I have never had a bucket list. But watching a launch would be awesome.

Closest I've ever got was watching a SpaceX launch while at sea - we were still a few hundred kilometers off shore but we did still catch a glimpse.

 

[mimico_polak]

First image is in…

 

[SVeezy]

I have never had a bucket list. But watching a launch would be awesome.

I’ve been considering a drive down the coast with the hopes of catching a launch at the end but obviously that’s hoping the launch date goes as planned


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[mimico_polak]

I’ve been considering a drive down the coast with the hopes of catching a launch at the end but obviously that’s hoping the launch date goes as planned


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If the launch doesn’t happen at least you have a cool drive to enjoy. My buddy flew down to catch a launch of the shuttle once….he paid for a flight, hotel, and saw no launch.

 

[SVeezy]

Absolutely would be worth it just for the drive but seeing the launch would be icing on the cake! Can’t get greedy though


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[Wind Shear]

Absolutely would be worth it just for the drive but seeing the launch would be icing on the cake! Can’t get greedy though


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If you're into it, you should go even without seeing a launch. I went down to Cape Canaveral, stayed in Cocoa Beach, did the full guided tour of Kennedy Space Center. Totally worth it, you get bussed around the whole complex and get to walk around right on the launch sites. The history is palpable and you really can't imagine the sheer size of everything.

 

[Green Meenie]

Website where you can follow the progress of the telescope as well as the deployment of various phases of the telescope as it cruises to it's final L2 orbit almost 1,000,000 miles from earth. So far, so good on the deployment. I hope the rest goes just as well. Fascinating stuff!

Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb

During Webb's launch, deployment and commissioning, 'WhereIsWebb' tracked Webb's 'flight' to L2 orbit, its state and progress during its deployment and commissioning process, and finally the release of its first images. This process is now complete. During this process, the page constantly...

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[spitRR]

Looks exciting. Always fascinated by space exploration.
Hopefully no one was eating a greasy sandwhich before packing that up and left a fingerprint smung, that would be a bummer.

That would almost be as bad as Perkin Elmer's big eff up with the Hubble mirror.

 

[sburns]

Seems Webb has reached full deployment

Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb

During Webb's launch, deployment and commissioning, 'WhereIsWebb' tracked Webb's 'flight' to L2 orbit, its state and progress during its deployment and commissioning process, and finally the release of its first images. This process is now complete. During this process, the page constantly...

www.jwst.nasa.gov

 

[Riceburner]

Discovered another earth yet?????

 

[hdsomeday]

I just realized that Webb will not be orbiting Earth, like the Hubble was, but rather orbiting the Sun !!

That would explain the greater expectations.

Orbit - NASA Science

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