JWST launch delayed to 2019

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pincher said:

ralphrj said:

First images are in!

I was just about to post exactly the same

Me too

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It's going to L2 - the Lagrange point on the far side of the Moon

As for what a lagrange point is...Google is your friend

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According to the online monitoring the sunshield deployment phase has been extended by a day, so tensioning will probably happen tomorrow

https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/where...

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2nd layer being tensioned now

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/14781231...

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Instrument radiator now fully deployed

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One 'wing' done, one to go

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IAmTheWalrus said:

So, when do we get to see any new images of the galaxy?

That's still several months away - a great deal of commissioning and calibration work is needed first

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annodomini2 said:

Started deployment of the other mirror

And completed

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"And well, for everyone asking, you can relax. Yes, we did remove the lens cap" - ESA

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andy_s said:

Are there any more critical failure points now

The insertion burn into its final orbit around L2

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Great news !

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An ESA satellite has taken a pic of JWST at L2

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Scie...

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Eric Mc said:

Hubble was designed with a ten year life as well. The fact that it is still functioning after over 30 years is a great credit to its design.

No - simply a credit to it's ability to be serviced on-orbit