[Physics-grads-announce] Fwd: [ceers] Webb Launch Confirmed for Dec. 24 - Zoom watch "party"

[Vivek Aji]

Dear Graduate Students,

Please see the attached email from Bahram regarding the upcoming James Webb
Space Telescope.

Vivek Aji
Professor & Graduate Advisor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of California Riveriside

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Dear all
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope will take place on Dec 24th.
This is the result of over 20 years work by our colleagues with a cost of
over 8 Billion Dollars.
The telescope will be located in the Lagrangian 2 orbit around 1.5 million
Km from the Earth. With a size of 6.5m diameter, it will be the largest and
the most powerful telescope
placed in space. This will be a transformational event in astronomy and we
are so lucky to see this happening during our life. We all hope for a
successful launch and exciting observations
that will follow after all the instrument calibrations are completed.
Best regards
Bahram

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*From: *"Gardner, Jonathan P. (GSFC-6650) via jwst-scitel" <
jwst-scitel at lists.nasa.gov>
*Subject: **[jwst-scitel] NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Launch Confirmed for
Dec. 24*
*Date: *December 18, 2021 at 12:40:31 PM CST
*To: *"'jwst-scitel at lists.nasa.gov'" <jwst-scitel at lists.nasa.gov>
*Reply-To: *"Gardner, Jonathan P. (GSFC-6650)" <jonathan.p.gardner at nasa.gov>

The James Webb Space Telescope is confirmed for the target launch date of
Dec. 24, at 7:20 a.m. EST.

Late yesterday, teams at the launch site successfully completed
encapsulation of the observatory inside the Ariane 5 rocket that will
launch it to space. Webb’s final launch readiness review will be held on
Tuesday Dec. 21 and, if successful, roll-out is planned for Wednesday, Dec.
22.

Details of NASA’s prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch coverage are available
on the agency’s website
<https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-coverage-invites-public-to-view-webb-telescope-launch>
.
Click here for a very cool picture:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2021/12/18/nasas-webb-space-telescope-launch-confirmed-for-dec-24/

NASA TV Launch Coverage in English:
NASA TV live coverage will begin at 6 a.m. Friday, Dec. 24. For NASA TV
downlink information, schedules, and links to streaming video, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/live

NOTICE: This information is suitable for public release. Please do not
reply-all to this message.
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Dr. Jonathan P. Gardner (he/him)
Deputy Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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