Latest Space Telescope Launch 2021. A European Ariane 5 rocket sends NASAs James Webb Space Telescope to space. It was the weather that played villain resulting in the delay of the December 24 launch to Christmas December 25.
31 2021 for the launch of the agencys James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana due to impacts from the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic as well as technical challenges. NASA now is targeting Oct. 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.
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Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespaces Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASAs James Webb Space Telescope Saturday Dec. It was the weather that played villain resulting in the delay of the December 24 launch to Christmas December 25. The James Webb Space Telescope is a 10 billion project that began almost as soon as the Hubble Space Telescope. NASAs Webb Space Telescope Launch.