Wednesday, December 22, 2021
THE UNIVERSE WIDE WEBB!
Here's a phantaztic foto of an out-of-this-world project!
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211222.html
The photo above is from a preliminary launch, not the Webb itself.
The James Webb Space Telescope is several times larger -- more powerful, and more modern -- than the Hubble telescope, and also specifically designed to be especially sensitive to radiation from objects colder than the sun, or red-shifted because they are moving rapidly away from Earth.
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE -- ON WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope
NASA - ON THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov
The launch:
Here's the latest (2021-12-22 00:48) launch info on the Webb telescope:
"... due to adverse weather conditions at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the flight VA256 to launch Webb – initially scheduled for Dec. 24 – is being postponed.
The new targeted launch date is Dec. 25, as early as possible within the following launch window:
- Between 7:20 a.m. and 7:52 a.m. Washington
- Between 9:20 a.m. and 9:52 a.m. Kourou
- Between 12:20 p.m. and 12:52 p.m. Universal (UTC)
- Between 1:20 p.m. and 1:52 p.m. Paris
- Between 9:20 p.m. and 9:52 p.m. Tokyo"
