View Nasa James Webb Telescope Launch Date Gif. Nasa's james webb space telescope in the clean room at northrop grumman, redondo beach, california, in july 2020. The team continues to be focused on reaching milestones and arriving at the technical solutions that will see us through to this new launch date next year.

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But the launch of the james webb space telescope (jwst) appears likely to have to wait at least two more. But after a recent spate of testing to mimic the extremes of space, it's looking like the telescope is still on track for its 2021 launch date. After an assessment of remaining testing and integration work, nasa announced that it is pushing the targeted launch date for james webb back from october.

On tuesday, nasa said it needs more time to test the $8 billion space observatory, pushing back the scheduled launch date to approximately may 2020 from the previous plan for a.

Nasa's james webb space telescope in the clean room at northrop grumman, redondo beach, california, in july 2020. Nasa officials announced thursday they are now targeting a launch date of october 31, 2021 for the james webb space telescope. Launch of the james webb space telescope is slipping to march 2021 while its cost increases to $9.66 billion. Artist's impression of the james webb space telescope in orbit.