NASA pushes back James Webb telescope launch date by seven months

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 16, 2020

The launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope has been postponed by more seven months to Oct. 31, 2021, due partly to workplace restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, NASA said Thursday. NASA had been working toward a launch in March, and the postponement is the latest in a series of delays for the project, which was conceived of in 1996 with an original launch target date i