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  2. Launch and commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope

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    The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. The launch (designated Ariane flight VA256) took place as scheduled at 12:20 UTC on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.

  3. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Webb's primary mirror consists of 18 hexagonal mirror segments made of gold -plated beryllium , which together create a 6.5-meter-diameter (21 ft) mirror, compared with Hubble's 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in).

  4. Timeline of the James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    Nearly a month after launch, a trajectory correction was initiated to place the James Webb Space Telescope into a halo orbit at L 2. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Its next five months were spent cooling NIRCam and the Mid-Infrared Instrument down further, aligning and calibrating its mirrors while focusing on HD 84406, a bright star in the constellation Ursa ...

  5. 'Little helicopter that could' takes last flight on Mars - AOL

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    Thursday, NASA said the damage made any additional flights impossible. "We are investigating the possibility that the blade struck the ground," Nelson said. Ingenuity also carried aviation history.

  6. Watch NASA launch its $10 billion, game-changing James Webb ...

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    Webb could revolutionize astronomy by spotting the universe's first galaxies. But the telescope has to launch and travel 1 million miles from Earth.

  7. List of Ingenuity flights - Wikipedia

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    Ingenuity was designed to fly five times in 30 Mars sols (31 Earth days), but operated far above expectations, making its 72nd and final flight on January 18, 2024 , 977 Mars sols (1,004 Earth days) after its first flight. One or more of its rotor blades were damaged during that flight's landing, causing NASA to retire the craft.

  8. List of satellite pass predictors - Wikipedia

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    Uphere.Space real time tracking and predictions. As soon as new satellites are launched this application begins tracking them. ISS Tracker, since 2015 the most popular ISS Tracker and passes list. Heavens-Above, called "the most popular website for tracking satellites" in 2007 by Sky and Telescope magazine and referenced by NASA websites.

  9. Flight tracking - Wikipedia

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    Flight tracking enables travellers as well as those picking up travellers after a flight to know whether a flight has landed or is on schedule, for example to determine whether it is time to go to the airport. Aircraft carry ADS-B transponders, which transmit information such as the aircraft ID, GPS position, and altitude as radio signals.