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James Webb Space Telescope Begins Next Year in Space

Name: James Webb Space Telescope Begins Next Year in Space
Start: 2025-12-25T00:00:00-10:00
End: 2025-12-25T23:59:59-10:00
Location: Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point

December 25, 2025

Surpassing 4 full years / beginning 5th in space, NASA (STSci) / ESA / CSA infrared astronomy telescope designed to observe the earliest galaxies, study star and planet formation, and analyze the atmospheres of exoplanets, launched on this day via Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2021.