Update 1 July 2021: This is an older artist's impression. Click here for a new version.
Webb is scheduled for launch on a European Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in 2021.
The James Webb Space Telescope is an international project led by NASA with its partners, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency. As part of its contribution to the project, ESA provides the NIRSpec instrument, the Optical Bench Assembly of the MIRI instrument, the Ariane 5 launcher, and staff to support mission operations at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, USA.