It has been a long journey for the James Webb Space Telescope, which may never be seen again by local cameras.
The high definition video of the JWST being deployed from the Ariane 5 rocket that launched it is likely the last time the telescope will be near enough to photograph, as it makes its way nearly a million miles away from Earth so it can document young galaxies with less interference.
The video of the JWST leaving Ariane 5 shows the telescope drifting further and further away from its home planet, never to return. The solar panel is unfurled about halfway through the video.
It is a happy season.
In the days since its Christmas launch, the JWST has had a number of in-space successes, including the deployment of its sun shield, secondary mirror.
The telescope has been plagued by delay after delay, but NASA program manager Bill Ochs said after yesterday's secondary mirror deployment that they actually have a telescope.
The telescope is almost one million kilometers away from earth and only has three more major deployment to go to get it into full operational mode.
It is quite sad to see the JWST leave us after all that time, money, and energy has been spent.
This is the last view we will ever have of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Scientists are very anxious about the launch of the space telescope.
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