Yule and the Moon of the New Year Where’s the Webb?: 91% of the way to L2. Big news now. Each hexagonal mirror segment deploys. And, they deploy at different rates to ensure a good fit. They will keep slowly … Continue reading
Yule and the Moon of the New Year Where’s the Webb: 809000 miles from home; 90000 miles to L2. 90% of the distance. Mission day: 22. Arrival at L2: Mission day 29. Sunday gratefuls: That the hostage situation at Congregation … Continue reading
Yule and the Moon of the New Year Where’s the Webb? 791ooo miles from home. 108000 miles to L2 insertion. 88% of the way. .1769 mps. Sunshield: 131 F. Primary Mirror: -328 F. Saturday gratefuls: Snow. Fresh and … Continue reading
Yule and the New Year Moon Where’s the Webb? 765000 miles from home and 134000 to L2. 85% of the journey. Mission day 19.5. Crawling along at .1906 mps. Only 687 miles per hour. Friday gratefuls: The backsplash. Only needs … Continue reading
Yule and the Moon of the New Year Monday gratefuls: The gathering of the Ancient Brothers, a cyber miracle every Sunday morning. Ode’s question: “If there is one thing you want to get better at this year 2022, what is … Continue reading
Yule and the Moon of the New Year Where’s the Webb?: Fully deployed the Webb has come 684000 miles from home and has 214000 to go to reach L2. This is 76% of the journey in distance. However this is … Continue reading
Yule and the New Year Moon Where is the Webb? 664000 miles from home. 234000 miles to L2. 74% of journey complete. .2484 mps. Mission day, 14. Final deployment of the remaining mirror segments can be seen at 7 am … Continue reading
Yule and the Moon of the Winter Solstice Where’s the Webb? 618,000 miles from Earth, 280000 to L2. That’s 68% of the way. .2807 mps. Mission Day 12. See this from Earth/Sky: “So far, all is well with the unfolding … Continue reading
Yule and the New Year Moon Where is the Webb? 2/3rds of the way to L2! 597000 miles from Home. 302,000 to orbital insertion. Still slowing at .2964 mps. Secondary mirror deployment begins. Mission day 11. Full mirror deployment scheduled … Continue reading
Yule and the New Year Moon Tuesday gratefuls: Bowe. Jodi. Cabinets all here now. Backsplash in for installation this week, too. Remodel finish this week. Probably. Putting stuff back. New year aargh. Maui. Joe and Seoah. Diving into a new … Continue reading