A glimpse of things to comeToday is Christmas for many humans on this planet but, in the history of humanity, this day will be forever known as the day when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched into space. Dr. Adam Riess — Nobel Laureate, Professor in Space Studies at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University“Webb will look for the first supernovas. Now that JWST is in space headed for L2, GSFC will work with Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Mission Operations Center (MOC) preparing the telescope for astronomical observations scheduled to begin Summer 2022. First and foremost, my four cans of Virginia Launch Day Peanuts did their job in the finest tradition of previous NASA launches as “the candle got lit” — i.e., the planned launch happened. The Space Place to keep up with the latest news in astronomy and space exploration.