News, Reviews & Betas which includes large community peer support We’ve got an exciting week coming up in rocket launches because an Ariane 5 ECA+ will finally take the James Webb Space Telescope to space on Christmas Eve following 25 years of construction.
It’s set to be a big week in space launches this week as Arianespace finally launches NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into space. The JWST launch has received one last delay with it launching on Christmas Eve rather than December 22. The space telescope has been under construction for the last 25 years and among the discoveries, it could find signs of life on other planets. The telescope is so sensitive that will be able to uncover the atmospheres of exoplanets – this technique could be used to find probable life-hosting planets. The first launch of the week will take off from Florida. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will carry the SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) where it will dock to deliver an operational cargo delivery mission.
