Webb Telescope’s Secondary Mirror Support Structure and Secondary Mirror is Stowed in Preparation for Being Loaded into the Shipping Container for Transport to the Johnson Space Center for Testing

  • Released Monday, July 20th, 2015
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:49PM
  • ID: 11963

Video Snapshot of Secondary Mirror being Stowed.

Engineers work in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s cleanroom to stow the Webb Telescope’s Backplane Pathfinder and its Secondary Mirror Support Structure in preprartion for placing it into a large shipping container and transported to the NASA Johnson Space Center for cryogenic testing.

B-roll video of engineers stowing the Webb Telescope’s Secondary Mirror Support Structure and Secondary Mirror in preparation for shipping.

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