High wind postpones launch of NASA's newest space telescope to December 25th, 12:20 UTC
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High wind postpones launch of NASA's newest space telescope
Dangerously high wind will keep NASA's newest space telescope on the ground for at least an extra day, with the launch now targeted for Saturday—Christmas Day—at the earliest.
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🚀 The Ariane 5 rocket, with the most powerful space telescope in history sitting on top, is standing by for rollout. This little blue truck will haul the rocket to the launchpad at up to 4 kilometers per hour.
🗓 Launch is currently scheduled for December 25th at 12:20 UTC.
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🗓 Launch is currently scheduled for December 25th at 12:20 UTC.
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It's a Holiday Miracle: The James Webb Space Telescope Is on The Launchpad!
🗓 Launch is currently scheduled for December 25th at 12:20 UTC.
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🗓 Launch is currently scheduled for December 25th at 12:20 UTC.
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Watch Live: The James Webb Space Telescope Is (Finally) About to Launch
The science community is getting a very long-awaited Christmas gift this year – the much-delayed launch of the James Webb Space Telescope!
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Success! The James Webb Space Telescope Has Blasted Off Launching a New Era in Astronomy
It is expected to take a month to reach its remote destination and is expected to begin service in June.
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It is expected to take a month to reach its remote destination and is expected to begin service in June.
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Success! The James Webb Space Telescope Has Launched
The world's most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches.
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James Webb Space Telescope separation recap
This real-time video shows the
separation of the James Webb Space Telescope from the Ariane 5 launch vehicle and the subsequent solar array deployment without transmission artefacts.
Thanks to Ariane 5’s highly precise launch trajectory Webb’s solar array was able to deploy soon after separation from the Ariane 5, capturing sunlight to power the observatory.
This video shows the view from Ariane 5’s upper stage, taken by a camera manufactured by Irish company Réaltra Space Systems Engineering.
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This real-time video shows the
separation of the James Webb Space Telescope from the Ariane 5 launch vehicle and the subsequent solar array deployment without transmission artefacts.
Thanks to Ariane 5’s highly precise launch trajectory Webb’s solar array was able to deploy soon after separation from the Ariane 5, capturing sunlight to power the observatory.
This video shows the view from Ariane 5’s upper stage, taken by a camera manufactured by Irish company Réaltra Space Systems Engineering.
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Webb Space Telescope Passes Critical Deployment Milestone: Sunshield Takes Shape
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Webb Space Telescope Passes Critical Deployment Milestone: Sunshield Takes Shape
With the successful extension of Webb’s second sunshield mid-boom, the observatory has passed another critical deployment milestone. Webb’s sunshield now resembles its full, kite-shaped form in space. Engineers began to deploy the second (starboard) mid-boom…
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JWST full primary mirror has been successfully deployed!
Before we celebrate, there's still work to do. The team is working hard to latch the wing into place, a multi-hour process. When the final latch is secure, Webb will be fully unfolded in space.
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Before we celebrate, there's still work to do. The team is working hard to latch the wing into place, a multi-hour process. When the final latch is secure, Webb will be fully unfolded in space.
#UnfoldTheUniverse
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James Webb is fully deployed! 🎉
With the successful deployment & latching of the last mirror wing, that's:
50 major deployments, complete.
178 pins, released.
20+ years of work, realized.
Next to #UnfoldTheUniverse: traveling out to the orbital destination of Lagrange point 2!
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With the successful deployment & latching of the last mirror wing, that's:
50 major deployments, complete.
178 pins, released.
20+ years of work, realized.
Next to #UnfoldTheUniverse: traveling out to the orbital destination of Lagrange point 2!
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🏠 Home, home on Lagrange! We successfully completed our burn to start Webb on its orbit of the 2nd Lagrange point (L2), about a million miles (1.5 million km) from Earth. It will orbit the Sun, in line with Earth, as it orbits L2.
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