the james web space telescope lifted off a border rocket from the european space agency base in french kiana. it's hoped it will provide new insights about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life. and store this vehicle as a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars and scan exit planets for signs of life celebrations. back on earth at the european space agency space in french kiana, scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come wept mission to understand excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of, are we alone in the universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge. and i think that out there somewhere there will be life for we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and where we'll make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant tel

the james web space telescope lifted off the border rocket from the european space agency base in french kiana. it's hope that this will provide new insights about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life star equation. a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars and scan exit planets for signs of life celebrations back on earth that the european space agencies base in french tiana. scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come web mission to understand excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of are we alone in a universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge and i had think that out there somewhere there would be life. but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and rep will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant telescope

the european space agency space in french kiana scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come with mission to understand excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of are we alone in the universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge. and i think that out there somewhere, there will be life. but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and where will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant telescope. teens from european canadian and u. s. space agencies collaborated on the development the massive gold plated mirror and its tennis court sized sun shield were designed to fold up into the launch rocket. at its core, a powerful infrared lens which can penetrate clouds of gas and dust deep into parts of time and space. never before observed that we had had some infrared telescopes in the past, but they been much, much smaller than wet. so there will be many powerful tools that this telescope will have that just

the james web space telescope lifted off the border rocket from the european space agency base in french kiana. it's hoped it will provide new insights about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life. and we have in store this collection a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars and scan exit planets for signs of life celebrations back on earth at the european space agencies base in french kiana . scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come with mission to understand excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of are we alone in the universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge and i had think that out there somewhere, there will be life. but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and where will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to buil

and she's a member of the european space agencies science and operations team for the james web space telescope. welcome to d w. firstly, congratulations on this launch. this must be a really big relief for you and your colleagues. thank you so much for having me. yeah, it's been such a good day and you know, lunch is always an a delicate moment. he will. so seeing that everything was now me now the trajectory was perfect, that i suspected them. then seeing that telescope actually going into space on the plane, the solar panel, it was really incredible. yeah. they're very happy. that's great. where do we go from here? well from here the telescope has to travel about one half 1000000 kilometers to it's or wait it's, it's a tunnel with around the point called like ranch to and it will take about a month. and so in that month they will do all the employment and a mirror this and she'll the secondary mirror and then start to slowly starting to cool down and get the instruments ready to the science. so it's gonna take a few months to to get there. okay, so, so a few months, this is a $1000

ah, antony marston is where the european space agency and archive scientists for the james web space telescope. he joins me from madrid, and he welcome to date abilene, thanks for joining us on what it must be a huge day for you and the many scientists involved in this launch. excitement versus nerves. how do you feel? well yeah, but like i'm a big moment in the and science. we have a launch it it can go wrong, but very, very rarely. we do not expect anything to go wrong here, but still means you have a little bit of nervousness and date and lots of excitement i have it's, it's being doub hobbled to point i talk us through the upgrade there. is it like going from black and white to color? what will james web be able to do that hobble? couldn't there are several things here. we're talking about telescope that's using technology. this 30 is bombs. what you have with them are looking at a much larger diameter power telescope comes from its ability to collect the light from the universe. in this case, we're talking about infrared light. the fact that we're using it for red light is anoth

the james web space telescope lifted off a border rocket from the european space agency base in french kiana. it's hope it'll provide new in science about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life. and start over with dr. big collision, a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars, and scan exit planets for signs of life. celebrations back on earth at the european space agency space in french kiana. scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come wept mission to understand excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of, are we alone in the universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge. and i think that out there somewhere, there will be life. but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and where will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build

the james web telescope lifted off on board a rocket from the european space. the agencies launch base in french kiana. the launch is the culmination of several decades of work for european canadian and american space agencies is being held as the world's most powerful telescope. the james web is expected to being back new clues about the origins of the universe. the new i in the sky is the successor to the legendary hubble space telescope. it's 6 and a half meter, mira makes the hubble look tiny by comparison. the james webb, the biggest telescope ever sent into space, is made up of 18 segments plated with a raise, a thin gold coating. the instrument has to be folded up to fit into the rockets nose cone. the telescope will scan the heavens using long wave infra red lights. ah, astronomers will be able to look back towards the big bang, nearly 14000000000 years ago. back to the origins of the universe and the formation of the 1st stars and galaxies. the new telescope could also prove decisive in a search for extraterrestrial life who it can probe, so called exile planets. n

the james web telescope lifted off on board a rocket from the european space agency launch space in french piano launch. it was the combination of several decades of work by european canadian and american. stacy . hi, james webb is expected to be back in new clues about the origins of the universe. ah, the new i in the sky is the successor to the legendary hubble space telescope. it's 6 and a half meter mirror makes the hubble look tiny by comparison. the james webb, the biggest telescope ever sent into space, is made up of 18 segments plated with a raise, a thin gold coating. the instrument has to be folded up to fit into the rockets nose cone. the telescope will scan the heavens using long wave infra red light. ah, astronomers will be able to look back towards the big bang, nearly 14000000000 years ago. back to the origins of the universe and the formation of the 1st stars and galaxies. the new telescope could also prove decisive in a search for extraterrestrial life who it can probe, so called exile planets. nearly 5000 have already been discovered orbiting distance sons. the james web

before the telescope is ready to gather it's 1st scientific data. antony marston is where the european space agency and archive scientists for the james web space telescope. he joins me from address anthony, welcome to date. abilene, thanks for joining us on what it must be a huge day for you, and the many scientists involved in this launch excitement. this is nerves. how do you feel? well, yeah, i mean, is this, these are big moments in the, in science. we have a launch, it, it can go wrong, but very, very rarely. we do not expect anything to go wrong here, but still mean, so you have a little bit of nervousness and date and lots of excitement. i mean it's, it's being doub hobbled to point, talk us through the upgrades there. is it like going from black and white to color? what will james webb be able to do that hobble? couldn't there are several things here. we're talking about telescope that's using technology. this 30 is an a bomb to what you have with them. looking at a much larger diameter power telescope comes from its ability to collect the light from the universe. in this case, we're talki

dr sarah kendrew is an astronomer with the european space agency and is at the launch site in frenchited and a little apprehensive. yes, it has been a very interesting christmas. we're all very excited. a small team of us here from the european space agency in french guiana went for a very quiet, low—key christmas eve dinner. we're all trying to get an early night now because we're going to be up and early tomorrow to get ready —— we're going to be up bright and early tomorrow to get ready for the launch. if all goes according to plan, what will this telescope allow us to do in the future that others, including the hubble, haven't? yeah, so it's giving us, like, really crucial coverage in infrared light, which is something that the hubble space telescope was much more focused on visible light and the infrared coverage is really a key to letting us probe back further into the history of the universe, so really giving us a view of those very first kind of generation of stars and galaxies that formed after the big bang, also other things like atmospheres around exoplanets — so these are

launch site in french guiana now and speak to dr sarah kendrew, who's an astronomer with the european space agencyly, for you and your colleagues. just how excited are you? colleagues. just how excited are ou? , , ., are you? yes, it has been a very interesting _ are you? yes, it has been a very interesting christmas. | are you? yes, it has been a i very interesting christmas. we are all very excited. a small team of us here from the european space agency in french guiana went for a very quiet, low—key christmas eve dinner. we're all trying to an early night now because we're going to be up and early tomorrow to get ready for the launch. if all goes according to plan, what will this telescope allow us to do in the future that others, including the hubble, haven't? 50 others, including the hubble, haven't? , , haven't? so it is giving us really crucial _ haven't? so it is giving us really crucial coverage - haven't? so it is giving us really crucial coverage in l really crucial coverage in infrared light, which is something that the hubble space telescope was much more focused on visible light. and

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james webb telescope lifted off on board a rocket from the european space agency's launch basin. french kiana launch is the combination of several decades of work, a european canadian and american space agencies from the time itself. the james web is expected to being back new clues about the origins of the universe. mm. the new i in the sky is the successor to the legendary hubble space telescope. it's 6 and a half meter mirror makes the hubble look tiny by comparison. the james webb, the biggest telescope ever sent into space, is made up of 18 segments plated with a raise, a thin gold coating. the instrument has to be folded up to fit into the rockets nose cone. the telescope will scan the heavens using long wave infra red light. ah, astronomers will be able to look back towards the big bang, nearly 14000000000 years ago. back to the origins of the universe and the formation of the 1st stars and galaxies. the new telescope could also prove decisive in the search for extra terrestrial life. it can prob, so called ex planet, nearly 5000 has already been discovered orbiting distant suns.

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powerful telescope as a build, a james web space telescope lifted off a border rock and from the european space agency based in french kiana. it's hoped it will provide new insights into the origins of the universe and search x. so planets for signs of extra terrestrial life. thousands of people have joined demonstrations in the sudanese capital cartoon. protest is our calling for a transition to civilian rule 2 months after a military coup. security forces fire to gas to disperse the crowds. phone lines and internet services were restricted ahead of the rallies. pope francis has delivered his annual christmas day address. from the balcony of saint peter's basilica, the pontiff prayed for more corona virus vaccines to reach the world's poorest nations. and for peace in war torn countries like syria and yemen, only a few 1000 will wishes turned out due to rising numbers of cove at 19 cases in italy. this is dw news from berlin. you can find more on our website, d, w dot com. ah ah sweden's arctic region, thousands of years, the indigenous sammy, people have been hurting reindeer on this land for very l

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. >> to be fair to the chinese, the european space agency has expressed some concerns about elon musk'sivities a few weeks ago about how this should be properly regulated. >> i don't think we need to necessarily focus on spacex, because there's a bunch of other countries and companies putting up large constellation of satellites. he is the first to go all out. we need to solve this in an international way as a general problem of space crowding. that we're just in a new commercial space age where space is getting much more active, more crowd, and there are more players. >> that's an interesting point. at the time the treaty came out in the mid 60's, it was the cold war so it was all about rules to prevent one side from colonizing and controlling. now, it's a different environment where there are so many more players. >> the assumption in the early space regulations was the or satellite is either u.s. government or surgery government -- soviet government. it's a different world now. the frequency of close passes is getting more frequent. i should mention that the international space stati

the james a web space telescope lifted off a border rock and from the european space agency based infringe keanna. it's hoped it'll provide new in science about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life. and we have in store this big garage, a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars and scan exxon planets for signs of life. celebrations back on earth at the european space agencies base in french kiana. scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come with mission to understand excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity . these fundamental questions of are we alone in a universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge and i had think that out there somewhere, there will be life. but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and where will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to bu

space ref dot com join. just washington, what does it nasa and the european canadian space agencies hope to gain from this 10000000000 dollar project? well, like any you telescope that you put into space, the idea is you're sending, you're spending the time and the money in this case, quite a bit to put a very complex machine out beyond her sat mr. from the simple reason for sat was fear, watch your building to really see the true nature, what is out there. so right off the bat, you're seeing things and space. you really can't see commerce. this does this device, though, is designed such that he can purposefully look back at the earliest moments of the formation of the universe in as was mentioned in your set up piece. i do a 1st room reconnoiter of all these worlds we've discovered around the star. so it's, so there's something in this mission for everybody in it's going to be a nice 10 or more year ride as we make all these discovers. and it's been dubbed hubble 2 point. oh, i can remember when hobble was launched 30 years ago and everybody was excited about the pictures and sent back never before seen images. what

s. space agency, the you repeat the european space agency for an area and space, the private space company that's in charge of making thing, making sure that everything goes according to plan. and as far as we can tell from what we've gathered here so far, since we arrived there is a lot of confidence that this launch is finally going to happen. and with it usher in a new era of astronomy. mariam, i thank you very much, manny rapids, joining us staff from glue in french guiana. when now we go to development in libya because our protests in several cities in the country after its long awaited presidential election was postponed. lesson countries had said that they'll continue to recognize libby as interim government. he's had a vote can be held. the election was part of the un backed initiative to end of or a decade of violence. the ballot hasn't gone ahead because of a dispute of the rules and the eligibility of several candidates. malik traina has more now from tripoli, today as live as 70 it anniversary or independent or independence day. it's also the day that a presidential election sh

anchor: to be fair to the chinese, the european space agency expressed some concern about elon musk'sivities a few weeks ago. not sure about how this should be reckoned with. guest: i don't think we need to focus on spacex because there's a bunch of other countries and companies putting up these large satellites. he's just the first to really go all out for it. need to solve this in an international way as a general problem of space crowding. we are just in a new space age, commercial space age where space is much more active and crowded and there arm anymore players. it's not just the superpowers. anchor: that is an interesting point. at the time of the treaty in the mid 60's, it was the cold war and presumably was all about rules to prevent one side occupying or colonizing and controlling. now it is a very different environment where there are so anymore players. guest: that's right. the implicit assumption and laterally spaced regulations as your satellite is either a u.s. government satellite or soviet government satellite and it's a very different world now. the amount, the frequ

what does nasa as well as the canadian and european space agencies actually hope to gain from this 10000000000 dollar project? well, as mentioned, this is quite an immense telescope. i've stood in front of it. it's just, it's you can't see outside of your field of view. it's immense. and it's quite looking at a wavelength that has not really been looked at before to this extent. and it like any big telescope and space, it's out there because the earth's atmosphere tends to cloud up things in, you really can't get a clear picture of what the universe really looks like until you leave the are sat miss beer. so that's what this telescope will do, but it has an amazing ability to hope. we look back to the earliest a years of the sort of the universe, but also it will allow us to she take the temperature and examine the composition of atmospheres of planets. not just in our own solar system, but in other star systems in with the hope that maybe they'll find signatures that b would be indicating life for the presence of something similar to what we have here on earth. so a lot of amazing questions t

so one of nasa's mantras in the european space agency, among others in this group, is follow the wateror where the water is or once was we will have evidence of life that is or once was. and that's all being lined up in the coming decade. yes. why is it that if we bring this down to the prosaic human level that the united states government, which was so committed, if we think back to the 1960s and 1970s, in pushing for space exploration, as a national priority, spending more than 4% of national income on the space programme, why is it that today that figure is down to 0.5% and the us government, frankly, apart from the notion of building a space force for military protection purposes, doesn't really seem that committed to space? yes. it is a lowered national priority and part of it is because we all bought into a narrative that was delusional. all of us. especially americans. in 1960 we told ourselves we are americans, explorers, we are discovers, it is in human dna — especially in american dna — we're going to the moon. all right, i can tell you based on my read of history that is ins

set lights in the past 2 years ago, or a large or folks of a shoot set light operated by the european space agency. itself had to take a collision avoidance maneuver to avoid the possibility of a collision with another styling satellite. so we are finding more and more that we're having nieces. her space is now a place that is very crowded. it's crowded with many millions of pieces of debris, but also of course, as more and more satellites are sent up particularly to relatively low, if orbits, then it becomes even more crowded in the chances of near misses become higher and higher. so what's being done then to reduces these risks of collisions? well, we have a legal framework and a treaty framework which works very well in terms of damage where the reason collision, of course, we don't want the collisions to take place. but if this damage caused by collision is full, raging. but what we really need to do is have very interesting and difficult discussions about how we are regulating the numbers of satellites that we ascending the space. and also how we are conducting our activities in space, in ter

. >>> the world's most advanced telescope is now expected to launch next friday from the european space agencypace telescope will then take a month to get into orbit around the sun, a million miles from earth. the telescope's mirrors and sensors are more sensitive than the hubble telescope. to go far back into time, billions of light years in the past even planets outside of our scholar system, potentially finding one which might sustain life. >> we know that planets of all sizes are out there. and we want to find one that have similar temperatures. and sizes. ever to see if they could ever being anything like earth. >> telescope is named after james webb, nasa's second administrator who oversaw the mercury and gemini programs. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber if you're in united states or canada, "new day saturday" is next. for everyone else, stay tuned for "marketplace asia." it's the you are my diamond sale. get 25% off everything. ♪ this is how we shine... at zales. the diamond store. ♪ you pour your heart into everything you do, which is a lot. so take care of tha

the crew including for nasa astronaut and one from the european space agency brought a touch of festive cheer while orbiting 400 kilometers above the earth. and that's the latest from d w. news. we leave you now with the christmas address from german president frank walter stein meyer. thanks for watching news leave. alonza, savannah guzman of holland is z other. their hansley's up cds is stunned in a line of huddling order. and if amelia, up in another 1st lake is mitten vaughn, on order of nuff tissue up in sema, and as in your own homes at lee go the outs enough. that's yoda it's dean stub. navita though of emma's. he cannot as end in an allan and force on gazette that is fest. when the of these is yards of exxon zane via phyllis does once coma delighted. phyllis oh my sons, alaska matter. the dancing on the cyclic, his flute cut us over him. sama, the dank, nun ones lazar. danton on z. darden diaz afghanistan. i'm good kids. and would all hon. dimension the doors in nor don't all not silica, believe they're not on the ones organ, but does via us, few and time on annoying there to go

yes, an incredible achievement for nasa, the european space agency, and the canadian space agency, the involved with the webb space telescope. it is now embarking on what is called the 29 days on edge. mars rovers have the seven minutes of terror when the ground loses communication with the rover? this is the 29 days on edge, the time in which it's going to take to really know if all of those more than 300 single points of failure of the telescope, if they're going to work. so over the next few days and weeks, the telescope is going to be unfolding like an origami to finally put together that massive mirror which is really the centerpiece of this telescope. it is designed to answer some of the most existential questions to humankind. are we alone in the universe? where did that very first light in the cosmos come from? this telescope, it's an infrared telescope, it's 100 times more powerful than hubble which is an incredible thing. and again, so many astronomers all over the world have been waiting years, but because it is so powerful and technically advanced and so far away, if someth

it will lift off from french guiana on an ariane rocket built by the european space agency. days after launch, the telescope is slated to start unfolding, origami style. i's an intricate two-week deployment filled with mission- threatening achilles heels; in space parlance: “single-point failures.” bill ochs is the project manager. have you 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 grunsfel

so one of nasa's launches and the european space agency, among others in this group, is follow the water have evidence of life thatis we will have evidence of life that is all once was. and that is all being lined up in the coming decade. yes. rah? is all being lined up in the coming decade. yes. why is it that if we _ coming decade. yes. why is it that if we bring _ coming decade. yes. why is it that if we bring this _ coming decade. yes. why is it that if we bring this down - coming decade. yes. why is it that if we bring this down to i that if we bring this down to the prosaic human level that the prosaic human level that the united states government, which was so committed, everything back to the 1960s and 1970s, in pushing for space exploration, as a national priority, spending more than 4% of national income on the space programme, why is it that today that figure is down to 0.5% and the us government, frankly, apart from the notion of building a space force for military protection purposes, doesn't really seem that committed to space? yes, it is a lowered _ committed to space? yes

the james web space telescope lifted off a border rocket from the european space agency based in french kiana. it's hoped it will provide new insights into the origins of the universe and search x. so planets for signs of extra terrestrial life. thousands of people have joined demonstrations in the sudanese capital cartoon. protest is our calling for a transition to civilian rule 2 months after a military coup. security forces fire to gas to disperse the crowds. phone lines and internet services were restricted ahead of the rallies. pope francis has delivered his annual christmas day address. from the balcony of saint peter's basilica, the pontiff prayed for more corona virus vaccines to reach the world's poorest nations and for peace in war torn countries like syria and yemen. only a few 1000 will wishes turned out due to rising numbers of cove at 19 cases in italy. this is dw news from berlin. you can find more on our website, d, w dot com. ah ah. this week unwell stories. sane roads clear for school children. turkey, the street duck brady is an internet star that we start in indonesi

with me to talk us through the launch and the importance of the mission is european space agency instrumentendrew, who is part of the team behind the miri infrared apparatus on webb. she is at the launch site — waiting for the rocket to go up. thank you so much. what an extraordinary day this is for you, christmas day and a rocket launch, who could ask for more? what has your role been in this project? i have been part of the team that helped get miri ready for launch. for over ten years now, first in europe and for about six years i've been based in baltimore. in the last few years that has been a lot of practising for today and the next few months. it is quite surreal that all the things that we've been working for are about to happen. you have to have — working for are about to happen. you have to have a certain amount of patients to work on a project like this, don't you? your heart must be in your mouth waiting for this to happen because so many things that could go wrong. happen because so many things that could go wrong-— could go wrong. yes, absolutely. an exercise in — could go wro

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the mission is also a testament to, you know, partnerships, nasa's partnerships with european space agencytament to the commitment of all the scientists and engineers and program managers who worked on this program so long to make it a success and have overcome every technical challenge as they've been presented and then worked very hard to diligently test every component of this telescope to make sure it works the way we want it to work when we get on orbit. >> resilience at its best is kind of what the result of the james webb telescope. >> yes. >> real quickly, when are you going to receive the first images back? this is traveling so far. >> so, we actually expect to get the first images about six months after launch. and the reason is, as i said, because this is kind of a transformer telescope, so it takes us a while to unpack the telescope or deploy all the pieces, and then we have to do very minute adjustments to each of the mirrors so that they all behave like a single 6 1/2-meter diameter mirror. that takes about six months in total, and then we'll start to get the first science im

. >> the $10 billion james webb telescope lifted off from the european space agency's launch site minutes ago. the telescope which is being called the most powerful ever will take one month to complete its orbit around the sun which is just under a million miles away. because it will be so far away, it won't be able to be serviced or repaired should anything go wrong. the telescope will be able to observe the atmosphere of planets outside of our solar system as never before, potentially finding which planets might sustain life. >>> for the second year, covid is shaping, even disrupting holiday plans. airlines have canceled hundreds of flights today. delta, united and jetblue all reporting triple digit cancellations and the busiest day for air travel is yet to come. cnn's pete muntean has more. >> reporter: airlines say that as these omicron cases went up, it caused their staffing levels to go down leading them to cancel flights. most of the flights cancellations on friday were at united airlines and delta air lines but also alegent and jetblue. we obtained a united airlines memo to its st

the james web space telescope lifted off a border rock good from the european space agency based in french kiana. it's hoped it will provide new insights into the origins of the universe and search x. so planets for signs of extra terrestrial life. thousands of people have joined demonstrations in the sudanese capital cartoon. protest is our calling for a transition to civilian rule 2 months after a military coup. security forces fire to gas to disperse the crowds. phone lines and internet services were restricted ahead of the rallies. pope francis has delivered his annual christmas day address. from the balcony of saint peter's basilica, the pontiff prayed for more corona virus vaccines to reach the world's poorest nations. and for peace in war torn countries like syria and yemen, only a few 1000 will wishes turned out due to rising numbers of cove at 19 cases in italy. this is dw news from berlin. you can find more on our website, d, w dot com. ah, women's bodies are pretty impressive when you think about it. a complex symphony of hormones means that women can theoretically conceive once

tucked inside the nose cone of the european space agency rocket.nutes of the launch all the rockets parts fell away. now the telescope is on its own. heading for its home a million miles away. it will take the telescope a month to get there. look at this timeline. the little yellow triangle on the left side of your screen is the current position of the telescope, and the farthest right object on the timeline, that is where it is going. while it's trying to get there, the telescope will go from looking like this to looking like this. it will take hundreds of maneuvers over four weeks for it to fully unfold unnecessary points. if anything goes wrong at any point, there's nothing humankind can do about it. we can't send somebody out there to fix it. the james webb telescope is years behind schedule, billions of dollars over budget. but it has finally left earth. and should everything continue to go well, it is going to be amazing. joining us now, somebody who has been watching and waiting for this mission for years, matt kaplan, host of planetary radi

. >> pelley: webb is on the doorstep, aboard a european space agency rocket.r breath as it unfolds itself on the month-long journey to its station around the sun. the first images, in six months or so, will be converted from invisible infrared into pictures suitable for headlines. chances are, what we see, we will not understand-- the very definition of wonder. ( ticking ) there's a different way to treat hiv. it's once-monthly injectable cabenuva. cabenuva is the only once-a-month, complete hiv treatment for adults who are undetectable. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable. it's two injections, given by a healthcare provider once a month. hiv pills aren't on my mind. i love being able to pick up and go. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its ingredients or taking certain medicines, which may interact with cabenuva. serious side effects include allergic reactions post-injection reactions, liver problems,...and depression. if you have a rash and other allergic reaction symptoms, stop cabenuva and get medical help right away. tell your doctor if you hav

its glory days, the telescope is an international project involving nasa, the canadian and european space agencies and workers from 29 countries. now the journey will take more than a month to completely unfold, and setting up the telescope there take five months. we still have to be patient to see deep into the universe's past. >> a million miles from earth. >> that's a long roundtrip. >> at least they don't have to deal with the traffic. >> that's true. >>> time now for weather and we are joined with danielle breezy from our nashville affiliate wkrn-tv, while rob marciano is off. danielle, so great to have you with us. >> thanks, janai. i'm so happy to be here, and so excited to represent nashville right now. you see behind me, this is famous broadway. nice and quiet now. the weather if nashville has been nice and quiet. that's not the case across the country. take a look at this video. this is from strong storms that rolled through southern california and santa barbara, california. it knocked down power lines and did structural damage from what could be a microburst or a possible tornado. in fa

a north 8, 6, >> house, program called pan gia organized by the european space agency is giving astronautsl world lessons in geology for their out of this world missions in the future. >> today. we're we're trained to perform the same activities in space. if it's you know, either on the board, the international space station or in the future on that lunar surface regardless of what our c background is. >> the pan gia program is 3 weeks of intensive learning in each location astronauts in space. scientists take classes. and use virtual reality followed by field trips to search out on earth, but they might also find elsewhere. >> likely we would land near, for example, a crater or perhaps a lot outflow channel or if it's on mars, perhaps what we believe to be an ancient riverbed or lake bed. weather potentially could have been flowing in the for those space enthusiast's on the ground watching the weekend launch in west texas, sit out here and watch something that. >> never see again mentioned before it renews a spirit of exploration where science and space can advance science and earth as we