NASA Webb telescope launch delayed again until Christmas Eve at earliest

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The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, decades in the making and billions of dollars over budget, has been delayed by several more days.

A problem with communications prompted NASA to delay the launch date of the telescope, which will succeed the Hubble Telescope, from Dec. 22 to Christmas Eve.

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