bill ochs told us that if something does get stuck, there is an emergency plan. >> ochs: we've developedt "the shimmy." we do a little shake on the telescope, and we can rock it back and forth. if that doesn't work, we have another one we call "the twirl," which can actually spin the telescope either clockwise or counterclockwise, to help shake things loose. >> pelley: so, you're going to do what i do with devices when they're not working-- you're going to shake it. >> ochs: yeah, yeah, kind of do the same thing, yes. >> pelley: if 107 pins release, the mirrors synchronize, and 10,000 things go right, webb will be limited only by about ten years of fuel for pivoting and pointing. canada contributed the aiming system that will guide webb to wonders far and near. more than 1,000 astronomers around the world are competing for telescope time. heidi hammel was granted 100 hours. >> heidi hammel: i have so many questions. my particular focus is objects in our solar system. >> pelley: hammel told us that light is full of information. webb can define the chemistry of a place by analyzing its wav

. >> reporter: project manager bill ochs. >> it's more complex than any satellite nasa has ever launcheddown, the complexity of its deployment, the materials it's made of has never been tried by nasa before. >> reporter: if any one of 334 parts fail, the entire mission could be jeopardized. about 1/3 involved deploying that sun shield. 1300 feet of cables, almost 600 pulley assemblies, and it all has to work. >> the essesun shield doesn't h to be 100% perfect, but whats to be damn close to being 100% perfect. >> there is no calling aaa. >> i'm confident we did everything we could on the ground to maximize the possibility of success of this mission. >> reporter: webb's first images about six months away, worth the wait for the chance to see baby pictures of the universe. you have always loved vicks vapors. and now you'll really love new vicks' vapostick. it goes on clear and dries quickly. no mess. just the soothing vicks' vapor for the whole family. introducing new vicks vapostick. ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ ♪ heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach... ♪ ♪ diarrheaaaa.♪ try pepto bismol with

bill ochs is the project manager.counted up how many potential single-point failures there are? >> we have 344 single-point failures. >> reporter: the biggest worry is the deployment of the sunshield. the sizef a tennis court, it consists of five uniquely-shaped layers of a material called kapton. not unlike a mylar balloon, the reflective material is thinner than a human hair. >> when we get through that, we'll be able to take a deep breath. have to keep moving forward, but at least we'll take that one down, and that's-- hopefully will be the hardest thing we have to deal with. >> reporter: so you guys are like karl wallenda. no net. >> there's no net. no net. it's not serviceable. it wasn't designed to be serviceable like hubble. >> reporter: that's right. john grunsfeld won't be visiting this space telescope. it is headed a million miles away, to a spot in space where it will orbit the sun in sync with the earth. it's the sweet spot for webb because the gravitational forces there will keep it more or less in place;

was born gloria jean walk ins, but she wrote under the pen name bill hooks in order to honor the names of her mother and grandmother ochste more than 30 books touching on the topics of gender race and social class. she was born in kentucky but she earned her doctorate at uc santa cruz. she taught there as well as san francisco state university, vice president kamala harris praised hooks on social media today tweeting, quote, our nation lost a prolific author activist and trailblazer. they'll hooks profound and positive influence will be with us for generations to come. may she rest in power. hooks was 69 years old. heavy rain, a fierce storm. now impact in the bay area flood warnings have >> rain coming down across the bay area here's a live view. the bay bridge toll plaza where you can see the lenses wet and the road is wet and slick and the wind is blowing. lawrence is standing by says that front is coming ashore. yeah. it is really ripping guys out there around the bay area. now that front. >> just making its way through the north bay. some very heavy rainfall right along that boundary and also getting some extremely