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NASA Confirms James Webb Will Launch On Christmas Eve

The launch of NASA's James Webb Telescope (JWST) was scheduled for December 22, but communication problems caused the launch to be delayed. Fortunately, NASA has confirmed a new date.

The space observatory, which has cost more than 10 billion dollars , will be in a solar orbit, 1.5 million kilometers from our planet , which will prevent it from being repaired in case of failure. It won't be as close as Hubble.

The JWST could help us find life on other worlds and the moment of its take-off has finally arrived. It will finally be launched on Christmas Eve atop a European Space Agency Ariane 5 rocket from the Arianespac e launch complex, located near Kourou, French Guiana.

The joint NASA, European and Canadian space agency telescope has already been cleared for launch and is scheduled to take off at 12:20 GMT on December 24. NASA will broadcast the launch live on NASA TV.

Webb has suffered multiple delays . It began development in 1996 and was originally scheduled to launch in 2007 as a successor to Hubble , which is still active today. But it was delayed several times; the most recent were in July 2020, which was paused by the pandemic until 2021, then the launch was delayed from October 31 to December 18; later from December 18 to December 22 and, finally, from December 22 to 24, Christmas Eve.

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