French Guiana: NASA Space telescope blasts off from French Guiana to replace aging Hubble

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope was blasted off on Christmas Day on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared upwards from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky.

“What an amazing Christmas present,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's science mission chief.

Note EU-Digest: "NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s) northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky. Isn't that a far better, productive cooperation between the EU and the USA, than in the outdated and destructive NATO ?"

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