March 28, 2024

AndronETalksNews

AndronETalksNews

James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission

BBC News

December 25, 2021

By Jonathan Amos

The $10bn James Webb telescope has left Earth on its mission to show the first stars to light up the Universe.

The observatory was lifted skyward by an Ariane rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

Its flight to orbit lasted just under half an hour, with a signal confirming a successful outcome picked up by a ground antenna at Malindi in Kenya.

Webb, named after one of the architects of the Apollo Moon landings, is the successor to the Hubble telescope.

Read more…