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Soyuz rocket launches 36 OneWeb internet satellites into orbit

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket launched dozens of new internet satellites into orbit Monday (Dec. 27) to boost a growing megaconstellation by service provider OneWeb.

Space tourism took a giant leap in 2021: Here's 10 milestones from the year

From suborbital space to high Earth orbit, space tourism is just getting started.

Indestructible 'Black Box' will record our planet's demise in minute detail

The disaster recorder aims to set us on a better path by watching our every move.

Disney Plus deals to stream 'The Book of Boba Fett' this week

The Book of Boba Fett promises to pack plenty of sci-fi punch.

Live coverage: Soyuz rocket set for launch with more OneWeb satellites

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with 36 OneWeb broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

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99 objects telling tales from ESA’s technical heart

From simulated moondust to an ultraflat floor, a 3D-printed human bone to a wall decoration that once flew on the Hubble Space Telescope, the new 99 Objects of ESA ESTEC website gives visitors a close-up view of intriguing, often surprising artefacts assembled together to tell the story of ESA’s technical heart.

JWST Is On Its Way!

It’s really happening. After all the years of delays, reschedulings, budget shortfalls, and even more delays, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on December 25 and is now successfully on its way to is destination at the second LaGrange point (L2), about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from Earth.

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'29 days on the edge:' What's next for NASA's newly launched James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is finally aloft, but it'll be a while before it starts its highly anticipated science mission.

5 space missions to look forward to now that Webb has launched

The James Webb Space Telescope was a decade late and $10 billion over budget, but it has finally launched. 

'Wind' from Earth's middle layer blows through a secret passage beneath Panama

The mysterious presence of mantle materials more than 1,000 miles (1,609 km) from where they originated may be explained by a 'window' 62 miles (100 kilometers) below the Earth's surface.

Rare wispy ice formations streak across the sea near Antarctica in beautiful satellite images

Recent satellite images captured by Landsat 8 show a rare windswept sea ice formation over water in Antarctica.

James Webb Space Telescope notches crucial maneuver to set its path

The James Webb Space Telescope is truly on its way.

Comet Leonard — A Gift at Christmastime

Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1), which appeared to stall out around magnitude 5 in early December, has become a surprise performer. Since transitioning to the evening sky, it's undergone three successive […]

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Webb telescope finally leaves Earth in search of light from first galaxies

An Ariane 5 rocket, propelled by a main engine and two solid-fueled boosters, leaps off the pad at the Guiana Space Center with the James Webb Space Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope, a NASA-led international collaboration that took nearly 30 years and $10 billion to get to the launch pad, finally left Earth with a Christmas morning rocket ride from a European spaceport in South America, setting off on a mission to hunt for the first light in the universe. That was just the easy part.

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It's truly Christmas' James Webb Space Telescope's yuletide launch has NASA overjoyed

The James Webb Space Telescope received a faultless send-off by Europe's Ariane 5 rocket in what has been described as the best Christmas gift to the world's astronomers.

In photos: The Christmas launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

On Dec. 25, 2021, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched into space to peer farther back into the universe's history than ever before.

The James Webb Space Telescope Is Headed to Space

Over a generation in the making, the James Webb Space Telescope is finally headed for space.

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Liftoff replay: Webb on Ariane 5

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The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, at 13:20 CET on 25 December on its exciting mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on epic mission to study early universe

It was a moment so highly anticipated and so long-delayed that it seemed surreal: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finally got off the ground.

Webb liftoff on Ariane 5 to unlock secrets of the Universe

The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, at 13:20 CET on 25 December on its exciting mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe.


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