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<h1 class="gmail-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:2.2em;margin:0px;font-family:"Titillium Web","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">"The Independent Review Board (IRB) established by NASA to assess progress on its<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/main/index.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;color:rgb(66,139,202);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400">James Webb Space Telescope</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>has unanimously recommended that development on the world’s premier science observatory should continue; NASA has established a new launch date for Webb of March 30, 2021."</span>

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div>"Webb will be folded, origami-style, for launch inside Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle fairing – about 16 feet (5 meters) wide. After its launch, the observatory will complete an intricate and technically-challenging series of deployments – one of the most critical parts of Webb’s journey to its final orbit, about one million miles from Earth. When completely unfurled, Webb’s<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/james-webb-space-telescope-mirror-seen-in-full-bloom" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(66,139,202);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">primary mirror</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>will span more than 21 feet (6.5 meters) and its sunshield will be about the size of a tennis court."</span><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-completes-webb-telescope-review-commits-to-launch-in-early-2021">https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-completes-webb-telescope-review-commits-to-launch-in-early-2021</a></font><br></div></div>