James Webb Space Telescope

The new target launch date is october 31 2021.
James webb space telescope. The james webb space telescope with its huge sunshield folded during processing at a northrop grumman facility in redondo beach calif. Nasa has announced a new target launch date for the james webb space telescope after it was delayed yet again due to the coronavirus pandemic and some technical challenges. The james webb space telescope sometimes called jwst or webb is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the hubble space telescope with longer wavelength coverage and greatly improved sensitivity. The telescope will launch from french guiana.
The 9 8 billion james webb space telescope has passed environmental testing a series of trials. The launch of the james webb space telescope nasa s next great observatory has been delayed once again. The james webb space telescope jwst or webb is a space telescope that is planned to succeed the hubble space telescope as nasa s flagship astrophysics mission. Webb will build on the legacy of previous space based telescopes to push the boundaries of human knowledge even further to the formation of the first galaxies and the horizons of other worlds.
Nasa the telescope the most expensive complex and. A large space telescope optimized for infrared wavelengths the webb telescope will find the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and peer through dusty clouds to see stars forming planetary systems.