2021: a busy year for France in space

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An Ariane 5 rocket, in January 2018, taking off from the Kourou base, in Guyana.

This year another rocket is expected to carry Hubble's successor.

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By: Simon Rozé Follow

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At the start of the year, space news in France promises to be busy: a new robot on Mars, Thomas Pesquet's second mission, the take-off of Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, aboard a Ariane 5 rocket ... There will be something to do.

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