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epa09656353 A handout photo made available by the NASA shows Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, at the launch pad at Europe's Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, 23 December 2021 (issued 25 December 2021). The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic history from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. EPA/NASA/Bill Ingalls HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES