NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on epic mission to study early universe

NASA's Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds

JWST Deployment Explorer - This interactive shows the major deployment steps for Webb. You can scroll and click the thumbnails at top to see detailed information on each step. Once Webb is flying this page will open to the most recently completed deployment step.

JWST is safely in space, powered on, and communicating with ground controllers.