Good article on the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

25 Sep, 2021 05:10 PM

This article :

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22664709/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-date-december-science-hubble

Has good information about how the new James Webb space telescope will improve our understanding of the universe by being able to increase the resolution of imaging to detect even dimmer stars and galaxies and will set the trend for the next revolution of exploring space.

Although there has been recent improvements in ground space telescopes, both radio and optical, there is so much optical path loss from pollution, atmospheric conditions, and just general 'noise' that its natural that exploring space needs to be done *in space* !

So i look forward to the success of this next generation of space telescope and hope that it offers even more amazing images of what's out there.

NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit December 25, 2021

(- - - - TOMORROW ! - - - -)

Steven Minichiello

Dec 3, 2021

The original launch date was the 18th and was changed last month to the 22nd since there was an 'incident' during the loading :

https://www.universetoday.com/153378/incident-that-occurred-during-loading-pushes-the-webb-launch-date-to-dec-22nd/

Steven Minichiello

Dec 17, 2021

Here's the latest from their website :

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

Steven Minichiello

Dec 17, 2021

The most recent news is that the launch is delayed again to December 24 :

https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-delay-december-24

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html

Steven Minichiello

Dec 23, 2021

This is an article on why the James Webb telescope matters so much :

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-matters-so-much-20211203/

Steven Minichiello

Dec 24, 2021

The launch has been pushed out again to Christmas day :

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/james-webb-telescope-set-for-launch-nasa-rcna9489

Steven Minichiello

Dec 24, 2021

The time is for 7:20 Eastern Standard Time (EST) :

https://www.space.com/news/live/james-webb-space-telescope-updates

Steven Minichiello

Dec 25, 2021

The launch of the $10B James Webb Space Telescope was successful today and the mission will continue as the rocket will position itself into orbit 1 million miles from Earth :

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-12-25-2021/

The overall project will take 6 months to fully deploy all the shields and mirrors as well as for the telescope to fully cool down to space temperatures.

Steven Minichiello

Dec 27, 2021

The latest Scientific American article on the launch and the deployment process :

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-launched-now-comes-the-hard-part1/

Steven Minichiello

Dec 28, 2021

for those wondering where is the location of the james webb telescope on its path, check out this link :

https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html