Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches from French Guiana on Dec. 25 with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard. The James Webb Space Telescope was launched into space from French Guiana in South America on Dec. 25. With a price tag of $10 billion US, Webb is the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed by NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "We're going to be able to look back into this earliest epoch of the universe," Woods said. ESA-M.PedoussautNASA touts Webb as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched in 1990.

Source: CBC News January 22, 2022 19:21 UTC