James Webb Space Telescope Launch Path 2021. 11 NASAs James Webb Space Telescope was secured on top of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch it to space from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade serving thousands of astronomers worldwide.
James Webb Space Telescope now at the launch pad faces extraordinary challenges on path to discovery. Webb will solve mysteries in our solar system look beyond to distant worlds around other stars and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket.
The telescope known as Webb blasted off from the Arianespace spaceport in French Guiana on 25 December 2021 at 1220 pm - the culmination of decades of scientific collaboration.
It will study every phase in the history of our Universe ranging from. The countdown to NASAs Webb Space Telescope Launch. The launch window. ESA-MPedoussaut After its arrival in the final assembly building Webb was slowly hoisted nearly 130 feet and then perfectly aligned on top of the Ariane 5 after which technicians bolted.