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Launch date: 25 December 2021 (), 12:20 UTC [4] Rocket ... The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy.
Nearly a month after launch, a trajectory correction was initiated to place the James Webb Space Telescope into a halo orbit at L 2. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Its next five months were spent cooling NIRCam and the Mid-Infrared Instrument down further, aligning and calibrating its mirrors while focusing on HD 84406, a bright star in the constellation Ursa ...
The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. The launch (designated Ariane flight VA256) took place as scheduled at 12:20 UTC on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
60 Minutes on Sunday took a look at NASA’s largest and most expensive instrument to date, the James Webb Space Telescope. The Webb, as it is often referred to, was designed to replace the 31 ...
The most powerful telescope to go into space was successfully launched on Christmas Day. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was on an Ariane 5 rocket when it left the Kourou spaceport in French ...
Watch live as NASA, the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency target Christmas Day for the launch of the massive James Webb Space Telescope.
Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into space on 25 December 2021. [3] It was 2021's final Ariane flight, its most valuable payload to date, and the 256th Ariane mission. The launch was described by NASA as "flawless" and "perfect". [4]
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