NASA's $10billion James Webb Space Telescope has lifted off from European Space Agency's base in French Guiana.



At 7.20am ET (12.20PM GMT) the world's most powerful space telescope, equipped with an Ariane 5 rocket, took off from the European Spaceport facility in French Guiana in magnificent form before blasting skywards over the Atlantic Ocean.

The Webb telescope will then take a month to coast to its destination in solar orbit roughly one million miles from Earth about four times farther away than the moon.


Pictures from the European Space Agency's Spaceport facility in French Guiana show the Webb telescope module atop an Ariane 5 rocket blasting off from Earth at 7.20AM ET (12.00PM GMT) on its million-mile journey into solar orbit.



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After a perfect flight out of the Earth's atmosphere and into space, the James Webb telescope module detached from the body of the Ariane 5 rocket that had blasted it skywards, leading to cheers from nervous scientists at mission control in Kourou, French Guiana.

Pictured: The NASA live stream showing the trajectory of Webb, atop Ariane 5 rocket as it continues on its path into space.

Pictured: Teams mission control in Kourou, French Guiana

Explorers:
At 7.20am ET (12.20PM GMT) the world's most powerful space telescope, equipped with an Ariane 5 rocket, took off from the European Spaceport facility in French Guiana in magnificent form before blasting skywards over the Atlantic Ocean.

The Webb telescope will then take a month to coast to its destination in solar orbit roughly one million miles from Earth about four times farther away than the moon.


Pictures from the European Space Agency's Spaceport facility in French Guiana show the Webb telescope module atop an Ariane 5 rocket blasting off from Earth at 7.20AM ET (12.00PM GMT) on its million-mile journey into solar orbit.

Man and his quest for knowledge to understand the mysteries of our universe. May God give us leaders that would think beyond electoral reform.

Ahead of launch, it was loaded into the fairing of an Ariane 5 rocket, and moved on to the launch pad at the Europeans Space Agency facility in French Guiana.


Webb will travel to an orbit about one million miles away from Earth and undergo six months of commissioning in space including unfolding its mirrors and sunshield, cooling down, aligning and calibrating.

'Astronomers worldwide will then be able to conduct scientific observations to broaden our understanding of the universe,' NASA says.

The telescope will observe the Universe in the near infrared and mid-infrared at wavelengths longer than visible light.

To do so, it carries a suite of state-of-the-art cameras, spectrographs and coronagraphs.

Webb will take pictures ten times sharper than Hubble, but hundreds of times deeper.

Hubble is about 340 miles above the Earth surface, whereas Webb will be over a million miles away.

I'm so excited to see the data this telescope will bring us.

Projects like these gives me hope in humanity. We still have intelligent ones among us.

To think that some people will call all these cool stuff haram still baffles me

Osiris13:
To think that some people will call all these cool stuff haram still baffles me

But nuclear warhead isn't.

I hope it finally detects if there are outer worlds aside earth that's inhabitated with humans

Okay

One of the scientific equipments I hope to buy someday is a telescope, it has been on my mind since childhood. I'm so eager to get a clearer view of the stars, moon and other planetary bodies.

Did I read 10 billion dollars?


That's one expensive telescope

luminouz:
Did I read 10 billion dollars?


That's one expensive telescope

Yes, and it took over three decades to build.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-matters-so-much-20211203/

Meet the Launch Team of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

The team worked together for the success of JWST at the Jupiter Mission Control Centre.

Congratulations to the great team for accomplishing this milestone.

Their efforts have paved a way for JWST to commence the journey into the deep space.

We are waiting for the outcome of the mission in the next six months.

✍� Charles Nwali

�©️ESA

#JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #UnfoldTheUniverse #JWST #deepspace

Wow finally, can't wait for the data to start pouring in.

A001:

Yes, and it took over three decades to build.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-matters-so-much-20211203/

Thanks

Engineering has helped this perverse world a lot, and it keeps doing better...

I was surprised no one was talking about this yesterday on Nairaland. I watched the launch on YouTube and it was amazing feat.


What's more critical is the deployment of the telescope. A single error and all the efforts turns to waste.

$10bn, twenty five years,

Righteousness2:
What a Beautiful scene in the sky!

Very very soon! One of these days the KING of kings will light up the skies with HIS glorious appearance and HIS angels.

It is gonna be a Joyous and Gloomy day.
A day of Joy for all who are Raptured and a day of Gloom, Confusion and Doom for all left behind.

JESUS is Coming Quickly folks!
Don't be left! It is gonna be Premium Confusion Worldwide.

Come to JESUS Christ today,
Repent From your Sins and Surrender to HIM. Thereis no more time!

can you simply shut up and leave this discussion for actual human beings

Osiris13:
To think that some people will call all these cool stuff haram still baffles me

take your islamophobia elsewhere. Many countries invested heavily into making this happen.


Christianity murdered more scientists than any religion. They called scientists witches. The father of astronomy was killed by the Pope for saying that the sun is the center of the universe and not the church account of earth.


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Islam has contributed more than Christianity towards the advancement of science. Due to their abolition and constant need to know the exact position of heavenly bodies, they built tools which are the foundation of modern telescope. It was during this time that Christian crusaders were having field day murdering countries in current day Americas

michlins:
I was surprised no one was talking about this yesterday on Nairaland. I watched the launch on YouTube and it was amazing feat.


What's more critical is the deployment of the telescope. A single error and all the efforts turns to waste.

$10bn, twenty five years,

We tried keeping the science section alive for some time but it couldn't work. People prefer celebrity gossips, sexuality etc. Many Nigerians can't discuss anything intellectual, we equipped with half a brain.

michlins:
take your islamophobia elsewhere. Many countries invested heavily into making this happen.


Christianity murdered more scientists than any religion. They called scientists witches. The father of astronomy was killed by the Pope for saying that the sun is the center of the universe and not the church account of earth.


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Islam has contributed more than Christianity towards the advancement of science. Due to their abolition and constant need to know the exact position of heavenly bodies, they built tools which are the foundation of modern telescope. It was during this time that Christian crusaders were having field day murdering countries in current day Americas

Una don carry una religious war come here abi?

Blakjewelry:

Una don carry una religious war come here abi?

oga I don't consider myself a religious person. That thing makes zero sense and can't stand scrutiny.

What I pointed out however is the hypocrisy of christians who think they're better than moslems. Meanwhile they all worship gods that will kill children in cold blood if he's angry

michlins:
oga I don't consider myself a religious person. That thing makes zero sense and can't stand scrutiny.

What I pointed out however is the hypocrisy of christians who think they're better than moslems. Meanwhile they all worship gods that will kill children in cold blood if he's angry

I have to speak before this beautiful thread will turn into a war zone

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CAN THEY ZOOM INTO THE TIME BEFORE THE BIG BANG??
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We need to know how the universe was before the Big Bang.

Waaawu

I remember reading about the development back in early university days Omo. Glad Congress didn't scrap it.

I can't shake the feeling it will show us something fundamentally different from our understanding of the big bang. Fingers crossed, let the damn sun shield deploy first.