The launch availability date for the James Webb Space Telescope is moving to no sooner than Dec. 22 to take into consideration extra testing of the observatory, following a new episode that happened during Webb’s launch preparations.

The incident happened during tasks at the satellite preparation facility in Kourou, French Guiana, performed under Arianespace by and large responsibility. Experts were planning to connect Webb to the dispatch vehicle adapter, which is utilized to coordinate the observatory with the upper phase of the Ariane 5 rocket. An unexpected, impromptu arrival of a brace band – which ties down Webb to the dispatch vehicle connector – caused a vibration all through the observatory.

A NASA-led anomaly review board was promptly gathered to research and established extra testing to decide with conviction the occurrence didn’t harm any parts. NASA and its central goal accomplices will give an update when the testing is finished toward the finish of this current week.

Webb was recently booked to dispatch Dec. 18 on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou.

The Webb Space Telescope is a worldwide partnership with the European and Canadian space offices. It will investigate each period of enormous history – from inside our nearby planet group to the most far off detectable cosmic systems in the early universe, and everything in the middle. Webb will uncover new and sudden disclosures, and assist humankind with understanding the beginnings of the universe and our place in it.