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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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Long-awaited successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, with a collecting area six times as large.

It will study the first generation of stars that ignited less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, and study the formation and evolution of galaxies, along with performing detailed atmospheric characterisation of potentially habitable exoplanets.

Launch is currently scheduled for 18 December 2021.

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https://www.engadget.com/james-webb-spa ... 23872.html

Nooo!

Hopefully no damage has occurred.
NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch to December 22nd
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Long and excellent read about the telescope:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-nasa ... -20211203/

Launch 22. December, lets go!
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Webb on the way to meet its rocket
https://www.techexplorist.com/webb-way- ... CqwxCdXQqs
Webb’s vitals were meticulously monitored throughout the entire process of moving between buildings.
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Amit Malewar
December 10, 2021
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was transferred to the final assembly building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to meet its Ariane 5 launch vehicle.

Webb will be the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. As part of an international collaboration agreement, ESA (the European Space Agency) is providing the telescope’s launch service. Working with partners, ESA was responsible for the development and qualification of Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission.

Webb is an international partnership between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

Stowed inside a special transport container and mobile clean room, Webb’s vitals were meticulously monitored throughout the entire process of moving between buildings.

The Ariane 5 rocket Webb will ride to space was moved to the same building on Nov. 29. Here, adjustable platforms allow engineers to access the launch vehicle and its payload.
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Hoping for the best for the JWST launch. Now the the final days of a long journey. ;)
And, as always, bye bye.
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James Webb telescope lifted atop its launch rocket

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been hoisted atop the rocket that will blast it into orbit.

Weighing more than six tonnes, the $10bn successor to the legendary Hubble observatory was lifted by a crane and edged into position using guide lasers.

Webb is the single most expensive space science experiment ever conceived.

Its huge mirror and super-sensitive instruments will try to spy the first stars to shine in the Universe more than 13.5 billion years ago.

Other work will see it probe the atmospheres of distant planets to look for signs of life.

The pictures on this page are among the last we will see of Webb on Earth.

Lift-off remains on schedule for Wednesday 22 December at 12:20 GMT.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59632757


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NASA confirms next Friday for Webb Space Telescope launch
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-nasa-frid ... scope.html
by Marcia Dunn

NASA is shooting for next Friday—Christmas Eve—to launch its newest space telescope.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed Friday that the James Webb Space Telescope will attempt to blast off on Dec. 24. A European Ariane rocket will provide the lift from South America's French Guiana.

The $10 billion Webb—considered the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope—was supposed to soar Saturday, but was jolted by a clamp during launch preparations, resulting in a four-day delay. Then a bad communication link on the rocket had to be fixed, postponing the launch another two days.

U.S. and European space officials signed off Friday on the launch date, following one last round of testing.

Nelson expects a smaller crowd at the launch site because of the holidays. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:20 a.m. EST.
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