Nasa launches revolutionary space telescope to give glimpse of early universe
25 Dec 2021
The revolutionary $9 billion infrared telescope, described by Nasa as the premiere space-science observatory of the next decade, was carried aloft inside the cargo bay of an Ariane 5 rocket that blasted off at about 7:20 am EST (1220 GMT) from the European Space Agency's (ESA) launch base in French Guiana.