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The James Webb Space Telescope is Hubble's successor. On June 1, 2021, space officials announced its launch will likely slip from October 31 to mid-November.

UK scientists are getting ready to step up the search for elusive and mysterious dark matter with the help of a new Nasa telescope expected to launch this year. Scientists from Durham University are among a team of 50 researchers from around the world taking part in the Cosmos-Webb programme, which will survey a patch of sky near the constellation Sextans. They will use Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most powerful space telescope ever built, which is scheduled for launch in Oct...

President Xi Jinping encouraged Chinese space industry workers on Monday to strive for successes in the nation's future lunar explorations and carry out interplanetary expeditions with a methodical approach.

March 3, 2021 The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s most complex infrared telescope. In February 2021, It successfully passed its final functional performance tests, moving it closer to its launch in October. During its final full systems test, technicians powered on all of the James Webb Space Telescope’s various electrical components installed on the observatory, and cycled through their planned operations to ensure each was functioning, and communicating with each other. Image vi...

Following the successful conclusion of the historic Chang'e 5 lunar sample mission, a major section of the robotic probe has been given a new task deep in space.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. File photo of an Ariane 5 launch in January 2020. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon The planned Halloween launch of the James Webb Space Telescope — one of eight Ariane 5 launches left before the rocket’s retirement —...

BBC News image captionThe Ariane-5 is coming to the end of its 24-year operation If the standout rocket launch of 2020 was the flight that took US astronauts back into orbit from American soil, then the major rocket event of 2021 must surely be the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The successor to the mighty Hubble observatory is due to go into orbit on 31 October. Its mission will be to detect the very first stars to shine in the cosmos. The carrier rocket will be Europes venerable ...

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