COLOMBO(News 1s): The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has been postponed until Christmas day, poised for blastoff between 7.20am and 7.52am EST (1220-1253 GMT).The delay was a result of poor weather at the launch site, the international space agency stated.The orbiting infrared observatory which is set to blast off on an Ariane 5 rocket from a site in French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, reached its completion years behind schedule, at a cost far higher than estimated.NASA’s James Webb Space telescope designed to look further in to space than ever imagined before, may lead the way in to a new era in astronomy.