Universe  ID: 12108

Webb Telescope Structure Transport to GSFC 8-24-2015

Released on January 22, 2016
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Webb Telescope Structure transport to Goddard Space Flight Center
Webb Telescope's telescope structure arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Monday, August 24, 2015 aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 cargo plane. The telescope structure, 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. At Goddard, the container is moved into the cleanroom and opened in preparation for the removal of the telescope structure.

The James Webb Space Telescope's telescope structure is a large composite structure that holds and supports Webb's hexagonal mirrors and instruments. The structure supports the weight of the 21-foot (6.5 m) diameter mirror, and 5300 lbs (2400 kg) of telescope optics and instruments.

Credits

Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Producer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Cinematographer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Lead Editor
Swarupa Nune (InuTeq): Lead Project Support
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Cinematographer
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Editor
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST

This item is part of this series:
Astrophysics B-Roll

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Transport
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Goddard Space Flight Center
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Time Lapse
SVS >> Engineering