NASA's revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope due for launch today; check details here
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The Webb telescope will take a month to coast to its destination in solar orbit roughly 1 million miles from Earth.
New Delhi: NASA`s James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary $9 billion instrument able to peer more deeply into the cosmos than ever, is due for launch on Saturday from South America`s northeastern coast, opening a highly anticipated new era of astronomical exploration.
The powerful infrared telescope, hailed by NASA as the premiere space-science observatory of the next decade, was packed inside the cargo bay of an Ariane 5 rocket poised for blastoff at 5:50 pm (IST) (1220 GMT) from the European Space Agency`s (ESA) launch base in French Guiana.
If all goes according to plan, the 14,000-pound instrument will be released from the French-built rocket after a 26-minute ride into space.
