stage of testing and making sure that we can actually accomplish the kinds of imaging and things we are excited about. then maybe the scientific data will start coming in for heaven six months time. it coming in for heaven six months time. months time. it will be absolutely months time. it will be absolutely fascinating l months time. it will be i absolutely fascinating and months time. it will be - absolutely fascinating and as you say it has been an exciting 24 you say it has been an exciting 2a hours to see that happen. thank you for bringing us up to date. now for a doggy tale of international travel with a difference. munchkin was a bali street dog until natasha corbin and herfiance david daynes came across the puppy while they were living in indonesia. and since then munchkin has been on quite a voyage because natasha has spent the last six years working to have her reunited with them back home in australia. and having passed through jakarta, singapore and new zealand, m
in space the final step of its two week deployment phase that began with its launch on christmas day. nasa will now begin to latch the wing into place. the observatory is on a mission to study the very first stars to shine in the universe. many of its components had to be folded to fit inside the launch rocket. 0nce unfurled, the golden primary mirror the largest astronomical reflector ever sent into space will allow the telescope to be properly focused. its great size will enable scientists to see the faintest objects from the farthest reaches of the cosmos. now for a doggy tale of international travel with a difference. munchkin was a bali street dog until natasha corbin and herfiance david daynes came across the puppy while they were living in indonesia. and since then, munchkin has been on quite a voyage because natasha has spent the last six years working to have her reunited with them back home in australia. and having passed
so, when we look into the distance in the cosmos, we re looking into the past because of the way that light takes time to travel to us. so this instrument is going to look back 13.5 billion years into the past. now, the universe is only 13.8 billion years old, so we re going to be able to see some of the first things that are formed in the cosmos, some of the first galaxies, and it will also be looking at the atmospheres of planets around other stars to determine if maybe they could have life on them. it s going to look at where stars are born and nebulae. there s going to be so much amazing science from this mission and it s going to tell usjust so much more about the history and the creation of the universe. exciting stuff. now for a doggy tale of international travel. munchkin was a bali street dog until natasha corbin and herfiance david daynes came across the puppy while they were living in indonesia. and since then munchkin has been on quite a voyage, because natasha has spent th
the creation of the universe. really exciting and some positive news, if ever there was needed. katherine mack, thank you so much for bringing us that. ., ., thank you so much for bringing us that. ., ~ , ., now for a doggy tale of international travel with a difference. munchkin was a bali street dog until natasha corbin and herfiance david daynes came across the puppy while they were living in indonesia. and since then, munchkin has been on quite a voyage because natasha has spent the last six years working to have her reunited with them back home in australia. and having passed throuthakarta, singapore and new zealand, munchkin finally made it to queensland just before christmas. earlier, i was able to talk to natasha, david and munchkin, and i began by asking natasha how they d first come across the dog in bali. we were living in bali and at the time, i was not supposed to talk to or look at any dogs because i m such a dog lover and david knew that i would just fall in love with a
well you talk about getting the dividends back, when can we expect the first pictures to come back from it? great question. as you mentioned in your introduction, right now what the observatory is doing, now that it has undergone this great unfolding, now the observatory is basically learning how to focus properly. so it s getting all of the different elements in place to be able to take really crisp images. so this observatory will be detecting thermal radiation, so things that are hot, like you and i, and stars, as you mentioned, planets and neutron stars and galaxies. so we ll expect those images to come crisp over the next few months and really then there ll be a stage of testing and making sure that we can actually accomplish the kinds of imaging and spectroscopy we re excited about, and maybe the first scientific data will start coming in in 4 6 months time. now for a doggy tale of international travel with a difference. munchkin was a bali street dog until natasha corbin and he