NASA delays the launch of its flagship space telescope again — this time until May 2020

The launch of NASA’s upcoming deep-space observatory — the James Webb Space Telescope — is being pushed back by about a year, from spring 2019 to May 2020. The delay is likely going to push the program over its congressionally capped $8 billion development budget. And it’s yet another setback for the long-delayed telescope, which has been in development for more than two decades now.
The postponement was expected. An audit from the Government Accountability Office earlie