See James Webb Space Telescope's deployment sequence in amazing 4K animation

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:49 am

Gives you some idea of how complex the unfolding process is. A failure in any step and it's all over.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 11:42 am

Amazing! Can't wait to see the pictures this telescope will take compared to the Hubble. It was also good to see several countries that combined to build this telescope.

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:29 pm

Really good explanation about each step of the deployment, using that same animation and some real footage during assembly. Pretty wild. The shield has some 140 release mechanisms & 400 pullies.
Holy crap!

How James Webb's Deployments MUST Work

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:22 am

All kinds of current stats including temperatures:

Where is Webb?
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbL ... its=metric

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 11:16 am

Nice link!

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 11:48 am

Smarter Every Day:
(Turns out his dad worked on the telescope)

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:09 pm

Another excellent link! Thanks

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See James Webb Space Telescope's deployment sequence in amazing 4K animation

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