James Webb Space Telescope Launch

Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël, at desk, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, right, both gives a thumbs up after receiving confirmation that the Ariane 5 rocket upper stage shut down as planed a few minutes before separation from the James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Hall of 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 meter) 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël, at desk, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, right, both gives a thumbs up after receiving confirmation that the Ariane 5 rocket upper stage shut down as planed a few minutes before separation from the James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Hall of 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 meter) 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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