CaneTalk: James Webb Space Telescope - launch now set for Dec 24

James Webb Space Telescope - launch now set for Dec 24

Posted by cypresstx on 12/18/2021, 9:59 pm

hoping all goes well, it's been a long time coming

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/index.html

https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-date-confirmed

With the $9.8 billion Webb ready to pick up the baton after years of developmental delays, scientists expect the telescope will push even further back in time. The telescope will journey to an isolated spot about 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth known as a Lagrange point, a gravitationally stable spot between two celestial bodies.

as a Texas side-note, this "La Grange" goes out to Dusty Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqz0wRaie2g

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James Webb Space Telescope - launch now set for Dec 24 - cypresstx, 12/18/2021, 9:59 pm

Cartwheel Galaxy - cypresstx, 8/3/2022, 2:43 pm
- Re: Cartwheel Galaxy - Chris in Tampa, 8/3/2022, 9:10 pm
#UnfoldTheUniverse - 1st pics to be unveiled Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 - cypresstx, 7/11/2022, 1:03 pm
- actually, today at 5 PM EDT - cypresstx, 7/11/2022, 1:38 pm
  - still waiting... - cypresstx, 7/11/2022, 5:40 pm
    - Re: still waiting... - Chris in Tampa, 7/11/2022, 11:29 pm
      - agree - Woohoo, science! - cypresstx, 7/12/2022, 7:33 am
Received a little bit of damage from a micrometeoroid - Chris in Tampa, 6/10/2022, 8:21 pm
Moved to Christmas Day due to poor weather - Chris in Tampa, 12/22/2021, 8:37 pm
- They confirmed the launch for Christmas Day in French Guiana - Chris in Tampa, 12/22/2021, 8:40 pm
  - Webb's solar array is released & deployed - cypresstx, 12/25/2021, 8:40 am
    - Scientific American on JWST - cypresstx, 12/25/2021, 11:28 am
      - Next nail-biting step: Sunshield pallet deployment - cypresstx, 12/28/2021, 7:18 am
        Successful, forward & aft - cypresstx, 12/29/2021, 6:13 am
        Temperature data now available - Chris in Tampa, 12/29/2021, 2:16 pm
        After pausing to confirm the sunshield cover had fully rolled up, 1st mid-boom deployed - cypresstx, 12/31/2021, 9:39 pm
        Mirrors' final wing now deployed - cypresstx, 1/8/2022, 12:41 pm
        Re: Mirrors' final wing now deployed - cypresstx, 1/8/2022, 1:21 pm
        #NASAWebb is fully deployed! Lagrange point 2 next in line - cypresstx, 1/8/2022, 1:34 pm
        Re: #NASAWebb is fully deployed! Lagrange point 2 next in line - Chris in Tampa, 1/8/2022, 8:29 pm
        in orbit at L2 - cypresstx, 1/25/2022, 5:10 am
        a picture of it there, captured by "Elena" - cypresstx, 1/26/2022, 8:03 pm
        Re: a picture of it there, captured by "Elena" - Chris in Tampa, 1/28/2022, 2:22 pm
        MIRI Reaches Operating Temperature - 6.4 kelvins (minus 448 F, or minus 267 C) - cypresstx, 4/15/2022, 7:28 am
        Physics Girl on JWST - cypresstx, 4/19/2022, 1:00 pm

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