But then the ticker hit zero, and Webb was lifted into the air. In mission control, Rigby heard “shrieking from the VIPs downstairs,” but in the immediate vicinity of glowing computer screens, it was quiet. The nerve center of Webb’s mission was waiting to assume control of the spacec...
Me: “No, we’re launching from French Guiana. Mission Control is in Baltimore.” So much must go right the first day. JWST must deploy its solar array to get power. No solar array, no mission. LAUNCH. I can hear some shrieking from the VIPs downstairs, but it’s quiet here. We’...
Any 21 cm clues would be studied alongside JWST’s observations of early galaxies, as well as observations from its successor, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and future ground-based observatories like the European Extremely Large Telescope currently under construction in Chile. ...