Longueuil, Quebec
Today, the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) was successfully launched at 7:20 a.m. ET from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The telescope, which promises to change our understanding of the universe, is an international collaboration between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA, and the European Space Agency. Through strategic investments in space research and development and our world-class expertise in astronomy, science and engineering, Canada's contribution opens tremendous science opportunities for Canadian astronomers, who will be among the first to have access to the data collected by Webb, and to study it.
The Canadian astronomy community's interests lie in the study of exoplanets, the search for the first light sources in the universe, the formation and evolution of galaxies, the lifecycle of stars, and small bodies in our own solar system -- all study areas that will be accessible with the successful launch of the telescope.
