John Mather – Spaceflight Now

June 22, 2021

Breaking News

[ June 22, 2021 ] Starliner capsule fueled for unpiloted test flight to International Space Station Atlas 5
[ June 21, 2021 ] Photos: SpaceX rocket launches, then lands, on Space Force mission Falcon 9
[ June 21, 2021 ] Chinese military payloads deployed on Long March 2C rocket launch Mission Reports
[ June 20, 2021 ] Photos: Surplus missile motor from 1960s launches classified NRO satellites Mission Reports
[ June 20, 2021 ] Spacewalkers unfurl first of six new space station solar arrays Mission Reports

Webb’s launch delayed to 2021 at an extra cost of nearly $1 billion

June 27, 2018

An independent panel has informed NASA that the James Webb Space Telescope will not be ready for launch until March 2021, and Congress will have to reauthorize the long-delayed, over-budget mission after breaching an $8 billion cost cap, officials said Wednesday.