James Webb Telescope Launch Cost 2021. Of that amount 88 billion was spent on spacecraft development between 2003 and 2021. Reuters After a decade-long delay cost overruns and technical snags the James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana on Saturday.
The telescope was mated with the Ariane-5 rocket and rolled out on the launch pad. The James Webb Telescope JWST. Highlights From the James Webb Space Telescopes Long-Awaited Launch In French Guiana the most powerful space observatory ever built lifted off Christmas morning.
Robinson Webbs program director at NASA Headquarters in a statement.
Sun Dec 19 2021. NASAs James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched in to space at 720 am. James Webb Telescope Facts Including Cost Orbit As Launch Date Set. Adjusted for inflation to 2020 dollars the lifetime cost to NASA will be approximately 108 billion.