State approves launch of Webb telescope on Ariane 5

Last week NASA's James Webb Space Telescope program received approval from the U.S. State Department to launch on a European Ariane 5 rocket, finally clearing a hurdle that added roughly an extra year of delay to the already technically challenged program. Design work on the telescope has been held...

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