After a successful Christmas morning launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is on its 29-day trip to its observing spot. But you can keep up with JWST here!
online, which uses real-time telemetry from the spacecraft to present a precise picture of where the space telescope is and at what stage its deployment is in.
Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for science missions, said it's a Christmas to remember. You can watch it live in the window above. Meanwhile, here's a look back at today's successful launch.NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is successfully in space and beginning its monthlong trek to its L2 home about 1 million miles from Earth. "It's a great day for planet Earth," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said after the launch."We are going to discover incredible things that we never imagined.
'Go, Webb, go!" rang cheers from Arianespace launch control at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.2nd stage shutdown: The Ariane 5 upper stage engine carrying NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has shut down as planned. The Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA's James Webb Space Telescope continues its 2nd stage burn to carry the telescope into space.
LIFTOFF! NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on a mission to seek out the earliest light of the universeThe Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now in its final automated launch countdown sequence. Less than 3 minutes remain until launch.
NASA is kicking off its webcast with its epic trailer for the James Webb Space Telescope mission, which uses the words of famed astronomer Carl Sagan.The Ariane 5 rocket that will launch the James Webb Space Telescope will begin fueling up for liftoff soon, according to the brief update just aired on NASA TV.
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