Webb Telescope Launch Delayed Again

Irene Klotz December 15, 2021
Credit: M.Pedoussaut/ESA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is being delayed at least two days to no earlier than Dec. 24 due to a communications issue between the observatory and its Arianespace Ariane 5 launch vehicle. In a one-paragraph update on its website, NASA said additional information...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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