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James Webb will be the ‘launch to watch in 2021’ – BBC News
The standout rocket event this year will surely be the ride to orbit of Hubble’s $10bn successor.
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter
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If the standout rocket launch of 2020 was the flight that took US astronauts back into orbit from American soil, then the major rocket event of 2021 must surely be the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
The successor to the mighty Hubble observatory is due to go into orbit on 31 October.
Its mission will be to detect the very first stars…
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