Picture of the week | Dec. 20th 2021

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20. December 2021
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JWST and fairings | picture by ESA/arianespace

In preparation of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on dec. 24th, the telescope got placed on its launch vehicle, the Ariane 5, this week. In the picture you can see JWST in the middle and its fairing to the right. Also notable, the fairing to the left appears to be an Ariane 6 fairing test article.

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