Universe ID: 11986

Webb Telescope Backplane Arrives at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Released on August 26, 2015

Webb Telescope's Backplane arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Monday, August 24, 2015 aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 cargo plane. The Backplane, inside the Space Telescope Transporter for Air Road and Sea (STTARS) container, is off-loaded from the C-5 and carefully transported to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. There the container is moved into the cleanroom and opened in preparation for the removal of the Backplane.

The Webb Telescope's Backplane is a large composite structure that holds and supports Webb's hexagonal mirrors. The backplane supports the weight of the 21-foot (6.5 m) diameter mirror, and 7,500 lbs (2400 kg) of telescope optics and instruments.

For More Information

http://www.jwst.nasa.gov

Credits

Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Producer
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Videographer
Christopher Gunn (USRA): Videographer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Videographer

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center