cubinator Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 It's time. T-8 minutes. Bon Voyage telescope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Beautiful launch!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klesh Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 That woman on the NASA stream has a thick French accent! I need another coffee to try and understand what she's saying, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 If it werent for the graph with the planned trajectory i would have been deeply worried by the dropping altitude midflight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Am I seeing this? Is this real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Separation confirmed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) Second Stage is gone, Webb is on it's way! Edited December 25, 2021 by Minmus Taster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Solar panel opening on the feed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearsNSuch Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Someone remembers they ground the mirrors incorrectly in T-… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klesh Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Just now, HebaruSan said: Solar panel opening on the feed! Good morning! That was the part I was waiting for. at least a guarantee that it's got juice. Happy Holidays, friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Just now, klesh said: Good morning! That was the part I was waiting for. at least a guarantee that it's got juice. Happy Holidays, friend. Yup, the exciting nervous part is over. Now begin the boring nervous parts. Merry merry to you as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Wait, wait! Did anybody remember to turn the kitchen light off? Do we need to go back and check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Glad we at least got to see the first deployment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Go Webb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 1 minute ago, cubinator said: Glad we at least got to see the first deployment. 344 more to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Merci Arianespace. Bon travail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 What an amazing Christmas Present a part of me thinks NASA delayed it on-purpose just so it would launch today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperspace Industries Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 This was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love launch streams! Especially ones as historic and cool as this! Boy, jwst is gorgeous! I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy JWST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Everyone just forget that this thing still has two weeks full of deployments before the thing WORKS and just enjoy the fact they're actually doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Aw, come on, I missed the whole launch. I mean, that removes some of the stress but still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said: What an amazing Christmas Present a part of me thinks NASA delayed it on-purpose just so it would launch today. Anybody know whether all those ground crew at mission control get paid overtime for launching on a Saturday and a holiday? Will they be heading home to their families later today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Nice launch. I put the the whole family and our Christmas lunch on hold to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacke Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Monitor the progress here! https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html?s=09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxgurugamer Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 31 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said: Everyone just forget that this thing still has two weeks full of deployments before the thing WORKS and just enjoy the fact they're actually doing it Another 2 weeks after that to get to L2, and then 5 months of finishing the full commissioning of the satelllite, will be all about aligning the optics and calibrating the scientific instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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