James Webb Space Telescope Purpose 2021. If all goes as planned the 14000-pound instrument will be released from the French-built rocket after a 26-minute ride into space and gradually unfurl to nearly the size of a tennis court over the next 13 days as it sails onward. The telescope is so big that it has to be folded origami-style to.
By Leigh Fletcher John Pye Piyal Samara-Ratna The Conversation. The telescope is so big that it has to be folded origami-style to. James Webb Space Telescope worlds largest lifts off into orbit.
The James Webb Space Telescope a joint effort of NASA the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency lifted off from a spaceport near the Equator in Kourou French Guiana a teetering.
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope separates from its Ariane 5 rocket with the bright blue Earth in the background in this view captured after its launch on Dec. James Webb Space Telescope. NASA is set for another Apollo moment with the launch of its new James Webb Space Telescope as early as Dec. The Webb telescope was placed atop its Ariane 5 rocket on Dec.