Webb Telescope Testing Enters Homestretch

JWST
Credit: NASA
LOS ANGELES—NASA says it is still “pressing” toward launching the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on schedule in late March 2021 as prime contractor Northrop Grumman enters an extended final round of environmental and deployment tests on the complex spacecraft. Whether the huge, 14,300-lb...
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