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James Webb Space Telescope

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Jan 24

New James Webb Space Telescope reaches final stop 1 million miles away from Earth

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fired its rocket thrusters Monday, one month after launching on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe.

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Jan 03

NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope ‘hunky-dory’ after problems fixed

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Officials said Monday that the huge sunshield on the James Webb Space Telescope is now fully open and in the process of being tightened.

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Dec 25

Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life.

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Dec 24

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NASA’s James Webb telescope poised to launch new golden age of astronomy

By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin

While kids across the U.S. will wake up tomorrow looking for gifts under the tree, NASA is hoping to celebrate with its own Christmas present a little higher up. The launch of their James Webb Space Telescope is slated for…

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Dec 23

WATCH: James Webb telescope launched into space to study first stars and galaxies

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky.

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Dec 20

Bigger and more powerful than the Hubble, NASA’s new telescope will see the “awe-inspiring”

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The $10 billion successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is about to take flight. NASA is entrusting the launch of the world's biggest and most powerful space observatory to its European partners.

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Jun 27

More delay, cost for NASA’s next-generation space telescope

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA announced Wednesday that the James Webb Space Telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021.

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Mar 27

James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s $8.8 billion successor, faces lengthy delay

By Lee Billings, Scientific American

On Tuesday, NASA officials revealed James Webb Space Telescope’s launch date has slipped from spring of 2019 to approximately May 2020 — a delay that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

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