NASA sets new date for James Webb Space Telescope launch

The James Webb Space Telescope has been seemingly plagued with delays for years... but it looks, now, that everything is set between all parties involved, which include NASA, Northrup Gruman, and the European Space Agency and the date is set for December 18, 2021!

Here is the full Description by Science and Tech News:

"NASA sets new date for James Webb Space Telescope launch.
The James Webb Space Telescope, humanity’s next big space-bound eye on the cosmos, has a new launch date of December 18th, NASA announced on Wednesday.
It’s the latest among dozens of other delays for a telescope that was originally planned to go to space as early as 2007.
The $8.8 billion observatory, named after NASA’s second administrator, is a tennis court-sized successor to NASA’s famed Hubble telescope.
Its 18 hexagonal gold-plated mirrors will allow the spacecraft to view distant planets and the far reaches of the universe with a level of detail that far surpasses Hubble’s capabilities.
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Astronomers have been looking forward to the telescope’s launch for years, but its development has been set back by years of delays, development challenges, and cost overruns.
NASA and Northrop Grumman, the telescope’s prime contractor, initially set a $1 billion budget for James Webb and a launch date for sometime in 2007." - NASA

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