James Webb Space Telescope Launch -- Official NASA Broadcast

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James Webb Space Telescope Launch — Official NASA Broadcast
NASA

Watch the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope—the most powerful space telescope ever made. This mission is scheduled to lift off at 7:20 a.m. EST (12:20 UTC), Dec. 25, 2021, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

Other links:

Watch live NASA launch coverage starting at 6 a.m. on Saturday here: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

NASA Official James Webb Space Telescope Home Page (lots of info on the mission): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/main/index.html

NASA James Webb Telescope Twitter (for launch play-by-play): https://twitter.com/NASAWebb

NASA Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASA

Space.com Coverage (good articles on JWST): https://www.space.com/

Nerves run high ahead of the James Webb Space Telescope launch this Saturday
Article: https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-launch-nasa-nervous

Amid all the excitement, there is no shortage of nerves ahead of the launch of the world's most powerful telescope.

This Saturday (Dec. 25), the James Webb Space Telescope will blast off from Earth on a 1-million-mile (1.5 million kilometers) journey to its ultimate destination, where it will make groundbreaking new observations of the early universe. But with such ambitious science goals, more than 25 years of work and $10 billion spent, a lot is riding on the success of this telescope.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is, for one, feeling "optimistic, confident, but nervous," ahead of Webb's launch, he told Space.com.

Webb will liftoff at 7:20 a.m. EST (1220 GMT) on Dec. 25 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, atop an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket.

Transporting to launch pad:

NASA/Bill Ingalls

Ready to go!


Best of luck to NASA, Arianespace and JWST for a successful launch......

[NurseJackie]

1. I hope that security is VERY tight around the launch-site.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. Yes, considering what's at stake here.

I would bet we have military assets all over this one. especially Navy and Air Force. Considering its remote, isolated location in French Guiana, security may actually be easier than at Kennedy in Florida.

From Space.com:

"The James Webb Space Telescope is an Apollo moment for all of NASA, for the entire world, but especially for our science programs worldwide," Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said during the Dec. 21 news conference. "It's the stuff of dreams."

KY

[NurseJackie]

4. Interesting observations... I hope so!

So many origami pieces... I just love the clever design of this. I hope they all work and fully open-up as they're supposed to. (I remember how challenging it was for everyone when Galileo's high-gain antenna didn't fully open.)

[magicguido]

2. If all goes well; this Telescope will discover Extraterrestrial Life. Probably an Oxygen Signature

[KY_EnviroGuy]

5. Kick for Saturday morning's launch.

KY.......

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Wow! Thanks for the reminder - and for posting!

[Rhiannon12866]

7. James Webb Telescope Launches Into Space - NBC News

On Saturday, the world’s largest and most powerful telescope blasted into space. The James Webb telescope’s mission is to study the early days of the universe and allow us to see the unimaginable. Aired on 12/25/2021.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. NASA successfully launches $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope - CBS News

NASA is celebrating the successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The $10 billion observatory lifted off on Christmas, and once it is fully operational, scientists hope it will reveal new information about our universe and its origins. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN with more. Aired on 12/25/2021.