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The world's most powerful space telescope blasts off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope left Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana at 1220 GMT.
The world's most powerful space telescope has blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres from Earth.
"Separation Webb Space Telescope, go Webb," announces the operations manager of the world's most powerful space telescope from a control centre room in Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane 5 rocket released the James Webb Space Telescope after 27 minutes of flight, which will take about a month to reach an outpost 1.5 million kilometres from Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope, an observatory with a €9.5 billion price tag, will allow scientists to peer further into the cosmos than ever before.
The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, blasts off on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla roadster to an orbit near Mars.
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