Steve Jurczyk – Page 2 – Spaceflight Now

November 17, 2025

Breaking News

[ November 17, 2025 ] SpaceX launches joint NASA-European sea level monitor Falcon 9
[ November 17, 2025 ] SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch international satellite to keep watch on rising sea levels Falcon 9
[ November 14, 2025 ] SpaceX completes second fastest turnaround between Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ November 14, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ November 13, 2025 ] Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing New Glenn

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

June 27, 2018 Stephen Clark

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.

Robert Lightfoot, NASA’s longest-serving interim administrator, to retire

March 12, 2018 Stephen Clark

NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot, a rocket propulsion engineer and career civil servant who has led the space agency since the beginning of the Trump administration, said Monday he will retire from the space agency at the end of April.