It may have breathed new life into NASA.
between the U.S. and Russia — the latter of whom ferried U.S. astronauts to and from the ISS throughout most of the twenty-teens.
Launch and spacecraft engineers stationed at Jupiter Control Center within Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, in addition to the Baltimore-based"MAC", confirmed that Webb had engaged its internal battery, and was ready to launch. Seven minutes to launch, computers took control of all of the Ariane 5 rocket's automated countdown tasks.
Amid a life-changing experience, at the tail end of decades of work on the line, that could feel like an eternity.The"deafeningly" loud beginnings of a new human adventure
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