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Webb telescope launch delayed to investigate clean room incident

The James Webb Space Telescope inside its clean room in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/P. Piron

NASA said Monday the launch of the $9.7 billion James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed at least four days until no earlier than Dec. 22 out of “sheer caution” to ensure the observatory suffered no damage from vibrations during a processing incident at its launch site in French Guiana.

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SpaceX ready for first launch with NASA interplanetary mission

NASA’s DART spacecraft was encapsulated inside the payload fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 16. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

A small NASA spacecraft set to launch on a collision course with an asteroid has been encapsulated inside the payload fairing of its Falcon 9 rocket for blastoff from California this week, a mission that will mark SpaceX’s first launch with a solar system science probe.

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James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed to Dec. 22

The James Webb Space Telescope will have to wait a few more days before taking to the skies after an unexpected incident.

NASA's asteroid-slamming mission will test new ion drive system

NASA's mission DART will test our ability to redirect an asteroid by quite literally crashing into it — but the spacecraft will also test a new type of propulsion system for the agency.

Hubble Space Telescope team revives powerful camera instrument after glitch

Hubble team members successfully recovered the observatory's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument on Sunday (Nov. 21), NASA officials said.

Is That a Fossil on Mars? Non-Biological Deposits can Mimic Organic Structures

There’s nothing easy about searching for evidence of life on Mars. Not only do we somehow have to land a rover there, which is extraordinarily difficult. But the rover needs the right instruments, and it has to search in the right location. Right now, the Perseverance lander has checked those boxes as it pursues its mission in Jezero Crater.

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Black Friday deal: Lego Star Wars Skywalker Adventures Pack is nearly 40% off at Walmart

You can replay the plots of "Revenge of the Sith" and "A New Hope."

Astra is already gearing up for next launch after landmark 1st orbital success

Astra's next rocket is already built, and the company is working out details about the launch schedule and site.

Russian anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation from space companies and countries

Across the globe, nations and space companies alike are speaking out about Russia's anti-satellite (ASAT) test that forced astronauts in space to take cover.

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With DART asteroid mission, NASA makes its 1st foray into planetary defense

The first operation to ever collide a spacecraft with an asteroid is set to launch Wednesday (Nov. 24) and will see whether humans can deflect a potentially disastrous cosmic impact.

For NASA's DART asteroid impactor mission, success will come down to the last 60 minutes

The moonlet the asteroid wants to move will only be visible in its sensors an hour before impact.

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How to get a NASA internship

NASA internships play an intrinsic role in a new era of space exploration and astronomy.

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