Watch: World’s most powerful telescope blasts off into space

James Webb Space Telescope left Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket

Published: December 25, 2021 17:07 Gulf News Report

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In this still picture from a NASA TV broadcast, Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope onboard launches from Europes Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on December 25, 2021. Image Credit: AFP

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Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope onboard stands on the launchpad. Image Credit: AFP

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The telescope is the most powerful space observatory ever built. Image Credit: AFP

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File picture: Engineers unpack, clean and prepare the James Webb Space Telescope. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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James Webb Space Telescope. Image Credit: ANI

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The James Webb Space Telescope Mirror is seen during a media unveiling at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, Maryland November 2, 2016. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket, with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket, with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen in the final assembly building. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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The James Webb Space Telescope is packed up for shipment to its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana in an undated photograph at Northrop Grumman's Space Park in Redondo Beach, California. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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