James Webb Telescope Launch News 2021. 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. The 10 billion flying observatory will liftoff on an Ariane-5 rocket at 550 pm.
With the clocking steadily ticking toward a Christmas Eve launch for the James Webb Space Telescope NASA and its partners. Launch of worlds most complex observatory will rest on a nail-biting knife edge. 2021-12-21T174647705Z NASA Webb Space Telescope prelaunch briefing.
Robinson Webbs program director at NASA Headquarters in a statement.
The largest most powerful space observatory to be built is now days away from its long-awaited launch. 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. Launch of worlds most complex observatory will rest on a nail-biting knife edge. The telescope was mated with the Ariane-5 rocket and rolled out on the launch pad.