James Webb Telescope Launch Unfolding 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. Launch of worlds most complex observatory will rest on a nail-biting knife edge.
2021 December 20. The Ariane 5 rocket with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope on board is seen on the launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou French Guiana on Dec. The successful launch of the Webb Telescope marks another giant leap forward for space.
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August 12 2021 330pm EDT Facilitator. We will hear about the James Webb Space Telescope launching later this year and all the amazing new science that can be done with this revolutionary observatory. 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. Eastern time on Saturday from a European-managed spaceport in French Guiana on the coast of South America.