** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Felon]

been following this for years and years, it must be nerve wracking for the people who built all of this....

 

[ic1male]

been following this for years and years, it must be nerve wracking for the people who built all of this....

Either I've got sugar withdrawal symptoms or I'm shaking slightly in anticipation!

Looks mad cloudy though.

 

[mk17]

First part's done!

 

[Freakbro]

Live stream is about 20 secs behind lol

 

[LeMson]

what nice clouds

 

[ElliorR]

Shame we can’t see it.

 

[Felon]

man I can't wait to see what this thing can see...... after what Hubble managed to do, this thing will be amazing.

 

[ElliorR]

This launch seems to be going well but it should be easy, it’s not rocket science.

 

[ic1male]

man I can't wait to see what this thing can see...... after what Hubble managed to do, this thing will be amazing.

Yeah, they were on about a whole system, Trappist 1 or something (can't recall) which has several planets altogether in a Mercury-Earth zone.

 

[Cosimo]

Webb's fairing has been jettisoned and the telescope is visible in space!

 

[Felon]

Yeah, they were on about a whole system, Trappist 1 or something (can't recall) which has several planets altogether in a Mercury-Earth zone.

The whole thing blows my mind, it really does.

 

[Cosimo]

MECO, separation, ignition and heading for orbit!

 

[nitram100]

Crazy to think this telescope will orbit at a distance of nearly 4 times that of the moon. Insane.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Thanks for the heads up. Please to have seen that live. Looks like a perfect launch.

 

[Relentless81]

Ah I forgot about this, got all the alerts setup for NASA stuff but Christmas morning with two young kids and I completely forgot about it.

Looking forward to seeing what it starts beeming back

 

[ic1male]

The whole thing blows my mind, it really does.

There was a clip of Brian Cox on social media saying about the sheer number of planets, stars and galaxies out there... we just can't be on our todd.

 

[mk17]

Separation, Baby !!

 

[Cosimo]

Solar array deployment!

 

[ElliorR]

And power.

 

[nitram100]

Amazing, almost teared up!