Catch a livestream of the James Webb Space Telescope as it zips towards its celestial perch today (Jan. 7). Starting at 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy will stream live telescope views of the James Webb Space Telescope. You can see the webcast reside in the window above, thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, or you can see it on YouTube. Webb is a $10 billion mission to study the universes history like never ever before possible. This cooperation between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency was the result of years of preparation and endured years of hold-ups. The spacecraft lastly launched from Europes Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Dec. 25, 2021, and is presently on its way to its destination.Live updates: NASAs James Webb Space Telescope missionRelated: How the James Webb Space Telescope works in picturesGianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project caught this view of the James Webb Space Telescope skyrocketing through area on Jan. 6, 2022. (Image credit: Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project) The area telescope will make celestial observations from a special gravitationally-stable place in the planetary system called Lagrange Point 2 (L2), situated almost 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away from Earth. The mission has actually been successfully completing brand-new phases in its observational preparations, unfolding its mirrors and sunshield as it journeys to this distant post. As of this early morning Webb was currently more than 644,000 miles (1 million km) away from our world. To view the space telescope zipping through area, lovers can see a live feed offered by the Virtual Telescope Project. Masi helms this online platform, offering views of his ground-based tracking telescopes and offering commentary of area events. Masi makes observations from Ceccano, Italy, located about 56 miles (90 km) south of Rome. Viewers can anticipate to see footage of the space telescope, which will appear like a small white speck, flying past a sea of background stars. From L2, Webb will have the ability to peer through deep space in depth, helping researchers find out about the earliest moments of deep space and providing a much better understanding of Earths own cosmic neighborhood.Follow Doris Elin Urrutia on Twitter @salazar_elin. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook..
