Science and Exploration

James Webb Telescope Rolls To The Launch Pad

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
December 23, 2021
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James Webb Telescope Rolls To The Launch Pad
James Webb Telescope Rolls To The Launch Pad
NASA - Bill Ingalls

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
The James Webb Space Telescope is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic history–from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.

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