NASA's James Webb Space Telescope - Jan. 24th update - Webb now in orbit at L2

[Akai]

Mission starts in : Dec 25, 2021 at 6:00 AM

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Where is Webb tracker: https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

Trailer:

 

[Kyuuji]

Next step in our understanding of the universe. Following its six month journey and set up will be nail biting each step of the way. Godspeed to the team.

 

[PuppetMinion]

Hype

please don't fail

 

[Dekuman]

Trailer is good. The launch got bumped to Christmas eve a few days ago. Hope it all goes well.

 

[InfinityDOK]

I am super nervous about this mission. Think I heard that there is 344 points of failure, not including the launch.

 

[Maccix]

This will be one of the biggest achievements or biggest disasters in the history of space flight. One of the most important pieces of technology for defining our place in the universe, like Hubble before.

 

[Akai]

I am super nervous about this mission. Think I heard that there is 344 points of failure, not including the launch.

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How do those 344 points of failure compare to other launches? I imagine it's a higher number?

 

[antispin]

All the best to us!

 

[Old Man Spike]

How do those 344 points of failure compare to other launches? I imagine it's a higher number?

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I think the issue is that they're f*cked if one occurs because of how far out it's supposed to be stationed in comparison to Hubble. Repair missions aren't feasible.

 

[JaseMath]

Awesome. Just hoped they'd change the name.

 

[BossAttack]

Please just work.

 

[MrHedin]

I'm definitely more nervous about the deployment than launch, yeah there are issues every now and then but launches are relatively routine at this point. Just getting it to it's intended location and then have everything work how it's supposed to out there is going to cause a lot of that team some sleepless nights for the next few months.

 

[Perkin_Warbeck]

I am super nervous about this mission. Think I heard that there is 344 points of failure, not including the launch.

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We gotta white knuckle through it, fam

 

[pochi]

When will we get new pics?

 

[KingSnake]

I'm more nervous about this launch than any other launch I've followed in the past. I hope everything goes well and a new gateway of information opens up for science. Good luck!

 

[Akai]

I think the issue is that they're f*cked if one occurs because of how far out it's supposed to be stationed in comparison to Hubble. Repair missions aren't feasible.

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I keep forgetting this. It's like 5x further away than Hubble, right?

When will we get new pics?

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Not until it reaches its orbit safely and passes checks, which will take like 6 months I believe.

 

[Mg.]

Legit nervous about this... but also so fucking excited for the possible imagery it could deliver

 

[FTF]

I really, really hope this is a successful mission. 🤞🤞🤞

 

[Old Man Spike]

I keep forgetting this. It's like 5x further away than Hubble, right?

Not until it reaches its orbit safely and passes checks, which will take like 6 months I believe.

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It's out there. WAY out there, in L2 orbit. Should something go wrong any future repair mission attempted would be 100% unmanned, which presents its own challenges.

 

[Jonatron]

Waited a long time for this.

We will learn so much.

 

[Dekuman]

Waited a long time for this.

We will learn so much.

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I read that in Tarkin's voice. sorry.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Carl Sagan <3

 

[Kyuuji]

I keep forgetting this. It's like 5x further away than Hubble, right?

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Hubble is ~0.037% of the distance from Earth that JW will be.

340 miles vs. 930,000 miles.

 

[Jonatron]

I read that in Tarkin's voice. sorry.

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I've no idea who that is.

 

[stoff]

Fingers crossed it all goes well

 

[Zom]

my body has never been more ready for new images of extreme quality of the cosmos

 

[Akai]

It's out there. WAY out there, in L2 orbit. Should something go wrong any future repair mission attempted would be 100% unmanned, which presents its own challenges.

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Hubble is ~0.037% of the distance from Earth that JW will be.

340 miles vs. 930,000 miles.

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Thanks and holy crap. lol

 

[Perkin_Warbeck]

 

[Squall5042]

So excited and nervous!

 

[BasilZero]

Hope it goes well - excited to see what we will discover.

 

[Maquiladora]

Please work...

 

[Dekuman]

 

[Culex]

It's going to take a long time to get to that Lagrange point….gonna to be terrifying!

 

[ExInferus]

what are the odds on successful deployment? Is the team confident?

 

[HeySeuss]

I want this to work so bad. So much information it can uncover about the universe. Get real pics of black holes and all kinds of shit. This could unlock new theories and understanding which can result in so much advancement it's crazy to fathom.

The hard part is once the launch is successful it takes a good bit of time to get to its destination and then probably several weeks of system checks and tests before we will know for sure if it's operational. Might take upwards of a year to know for sure and get the first images back.

 

[Mivey]

At this point, the most amazing thing about this telescope would be if the deployment just works without any problems.

 

[SofNascimento]

Godspeed.

 

[Peru]

It's weird that I'll be NAUSEOUS with nervousness on Christmas Eve of all days.

And of course at various phases for the next couple of months, but still. The launch will tie my stomach up in a knot.

 

[Superpupperbabysassy]

I don't know why. But I love hearing news about space exploration lately. After everything that's happened the past couple of years. This cheers me up.

 

[Deleted member 7148]

Really excited about this. I hope it succeeds.

 

[blackMamba1187]

This is gonna be so anxiety inducing. Hoping for the best!

 

[DrROBschiz]

I am stupidly excited for what we discover next

 

[kmfdmpig]

It's out there. WAY out there, in L2 orbit. Should something go wrong any future repair mission attempted would be 100% unmanned, which presents its own challenges.

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Wow! I had no idea. This will be quite an accomplishment if it goes right. I'm certainly rooting for it.

 

[gutshot]

Still blows my mind that this telescope will be capable of looking 13.6 billion years into the past.

But I'm most excited for the exoplanet news that will come out of this. Within the first year, they are going to be looking closely at the TRAPPIST system and Proxima Centauri, both of which have some promising Earth-like planets.

 

[anexanhume]

This is the launch I am most excited for in living memory.

 

[Neo_MG90]

The trailer brought a tear to my eye

25 years and 10 billion dollars later, JWST will finally take off.

I can't remember when I was this excited for a satellite launch.

If it all goes well, there will be some amazing findings coming from James Webb.
Godspeed!

 

[convo]

It's out there. WAY out there, in L2 orbit. Should something go wrong any future repair mission attempted would be 100% unmanned, which presents its own challenges.

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This picture makes me think about telescopes on the moon, but let me keep on track. The launch will be far too stress inducing for me, so i'll distract myself by sleeping through it and seeing how that went. The flight itself is also gonna take some time.

 

[iksenpets]

Man, I hope this launches successfully. Easily the biggest bit of pure science to come online in my lifetime and for the foreseeable future, other than maybe the LHC coming online a decade back, and that seems like it sort of hit a wall in terms of significant new discoveries for the time being.

 

[Rufio]

i'm so scared but i cant wait

this could produce the most profound findings of our lifetimes.

 

[B.K.]

How long is it going to take to get to L2 before it actually deploys?