The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST in the cleanroom at the launch site at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana after a 5,800-mile move from the USA. After its arrival, Webb was carefully lifted from its packing container and then raised vertical. This is the same configuration Webb will be in when it is inside its launch vehicle, the Ariane 5 rocket. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.

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