If you’ve been following the development of the James Webb Space Telescope for any length of time you already know that the project is both incredibly late — it was supposed to launch in 2007 — and grossly over budget — the project was supposed to cost $500 million but has since ballooned to over …
People were dreaming of the day when we might finally discover an alien civilization long before we had the kind of telescope technology that do today. It used to be a pipe dream to think that we’d be able to spot planets orbiting distant stars but now we know of thousands and thousands of such …
NASA has announced that the James Webb Space Telescope will yet again miss its planned launch date and instead launch in October 2021… maybe. The telescope was originally supposed to launch in 2007 on a $500 million budget. It’s been nearly a decade and a half since the planned launch, and costs have ballooned to …
NASA has officially confirmed the James Webb Space Telescope will miss its expected March 2021 launch date. The telescope, originally expected to launch in 2007 and cost $500 million, has been delayed many times and now costs around $10 billion thanks to the failings of primary contractor Northrop Grumman. This latest delay has been blamed …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes one big step towards eventually being cleared for launch by arranging its mirror array. The telescope’s current launch date is 2021, but that may change as the coronavirus pandemic has forced a reduction in the workforce. Visit BGR’s homepage for more stories. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has seen …
The saga of the James Webb Space Telescope is a long and sad one. The high-powered space-gazing tool has been in development for decades and was originally planned to launch way back in 2007. Over time, the list of changes, delays, and missed deadlines piled up, and based on a new report from the United …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is a cautionary tale of what happens when you place too much trust in (and shell out too much money to) a government contractor. Northrop Grumman has failed to meet NASA’s expectations every step of the way, pushing development back by over a decade and costing literally billions of dollars …
The James Webb Space Telescope is going to be an incredible tool for scientists to peer deep into space, returning information that could teach us a lot about our universe and our place in it. Sure, the people making it might be incompetent, and it’s already so far over budget that Congress had to tell …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is late to its own party, and it’s not just a little bit late. NASA originally planned to have the spacecraft ready to roll as early as 2007, but a laundry list of setbacks (and stupid human errors on the part of manufacturer Northrop Grumman) have pushed the project back …
Galaxies come in many different shapes and sizes, but you’d be hard pressed to find one more interesting than ESO 137-001. What the galaxy lacks in a flashy name it more than makes up for with an eye-catching appearance, looking like some kind of massive jellyfish floating through space. A blurry spiral trailed by long …
