Originally supposed to launch on the 22nd and it's been one delay after another.
So maybe we'll all get a 10 billion dollar Christmas present this weekend! I certainly hope so.
If all goes to plan it should take about a month for it to get into position. We should start getting our first images in about 6 or 7 months.
This thing is going to make Hubble look like a pair of binoculars. It's THAT powerful.
The Launch - Webb/NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb is the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It studies every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the...
jwst.nasa.gov
So maybe we'll all get a 10 billion dollar Christmas present this weekend! I certainly hope so.
If all goes to plan it should take about a month for it to get into position. We should start getting our first images in about 6 or 7 months.
This thing is going to make Hubble look like a pair of binoculars. It's THAT powerful.