This Week in Space B2

The James Webb Space Telescope has completed its challenging unfolding process and has reached its final destination at the Largange 2 point a million miles from Earth. Now it has to calibrate its 18 mirror segments, turn on the electronics, and chill out (to around minus-400 degrees F!) before getting busy. Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik also discuss the Tom Cruise interview with NASA astronaut Victor Glover.

Links:

• NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission rocket faces new delays: https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-1-mission-rollout-delay
• Possible sign of Mars life? Curiosity rover finds 'tantalizing' Red Planet organics: https://www.space.com/mars-organics-curiosity-rover-possible-biosignature
• Tom Cruise asks NASA astronaut Victor Glover all about spaceflight (video): https://www.space.com/tom-cruise-interview-victor-glover
• 'Moonfall' pulls scenes from space shuttle Endeavour move 10 years ago: https://www.space.com/moonfall-space-shuttle-endeavour
• 'Moonfall' director Roland Emmerich talks disaster, destruction and the inspiration for his moon-crashing new film (video): https://www.space.com/moonfall-director-roland-emmerich-interview
• Making 'Moonfall': Geophysicist Mika McKinnon talks about the fun of annihilating Earth in the fictional disaster film (video): https://www.space.com/moonfall-geophysicist-mika-mckinnon-interview
• NASA drops big update for James Webb Telescope, revealing what's next: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/84345/nasa-drops-big-update-for-james-webb-telescope-revealing-whats-next/index.html

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