NORAD Hopes Santa Isn't Hit by the Telescope Launch on Christmas Eve

Santa may need to put his reindeer on high alert this Christmas Eve to ensure he doesn't collide with another high-flying object this year -- NASA's long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope.

At 7:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, just as Jolly St. Nick should be delivering toys to children in the Eastern Pacific, the world's largest, most powerful space telescope is scheduled to shoot into orbit around the sun aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched from French Guiana.