Launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana, Kourou - 26 Dec 2021
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, on Saturday, December 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe's Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meters) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic history-from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. NASA