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NASA Ominously Chooses Halloween 2021 to Launch Long-Delayed Space Telescope – Gizmodo Australia
NASA hopes to launch the much-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana on October 31, 2021, the agency announced today. Ongoing technical challenges and the covid-19 pandemic were cited as reasons for the latest delay to the project. A launch…
NASA hopes to launch the much-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana on October 31, 2021, the agency announced today. Ongoing technical challenges and the covid-19 pandemic were cited as reasons for the latest delay to the project.
A launch on Halloween seems only appropriate for this beleaguered project, which has been marred by a steady stream of cost overruns and scheduling delays since its inception. The powerful telescope was originally supposed to go to space in 2007.
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