Ariane 5 Cleared For High-Stakes JWST Launch

Ariane 5 rocket fairing.
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace
CAPE CANAVERAL—The flagship James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a larger, more powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope designed to image the faint infrared light from the universe’s first stars and galaxies, has been cleared for a launch attempt this week aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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