Final, NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope. Christmas morning, the telescope was launched from the European Spaceport in French Guiana on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket after 14 years of development and several delays.
JSWT will orbit the Sun, close to the second Lagrange point of the Earth-Sun system. It will take about a month to reach the destination, after which researchers will be able to peer into black holes, observe some of the oldest galaxies in the universe and assess the habitability of various exoplanets. .
NASA partnered with European and Canadian space agencies to develop the project. JSWT has been beset by delays throughout its long history. NASA had originally hoped to launch it in 2007, but rising costs caused engineers to rethink the telescope in 2005. It was later announced that JSWT was ready. in 2016, but the project was once again stalled because of construction complications. The telescope has been assembled in 2019, but then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, resulting in delays in testing and shipping.
After JWST finally reached the spaceport, NASA set a launch date for the December 18. However, it delayed the launch until today due to last-minute tests and unfavorable weather. However, how many days are left for such an important and lengthy task? The last JWST is spaceand in the coming months we will begin to explore some of its discoveries.
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