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When NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) rode safely to space on an Ariane 5 booster from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the liftoff at 7:20 A.M. EST on Dec. 25, 2021, marked the end of a development full of delays and cost overruns — and the beginning of the telescope’s month-longContinue reading “Dec. 21, 2021: JWST sees its final delay”
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