Webb Telescope Element Arrives at NASA JSC for Cryogenic Testing

  • Released Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:47PM
  • ID: 12609

Carried inside a U.S. Air Force C5M Super Galaxy aircraft, the James Webb Space Telescope arrives at Ellington Field Reserve Joint Base near Houston, Texas on May 5, 2017. The Webb Telescope team unloads the telescope and transports it by road to the NASA Johnson Space Center for cryogenic testing. During its transport from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to the NASA Johnson Space Center, the Webb Telescope is kept safe inside the Space Telescope Transport Air Rail and Sea (STTARS) container.

At the NASA Johnson Space Center, engineers cleaned and moved STTARS into the Chamber A cleanroom where the Webb Telescope was unloaded and attached to a rollover fixture.

The U.S. Air Force C5M Super Galaxy transport aircraft arrives at Ellington Field Reserve Joint Base near Houston, TX. The Webb Telescope inside its STTARS container and other equipment is unloaded from the aircraft.

A time-lapse of STTARS being unloaded from the C5.

STTARS being moved to Johnson Space Center.

The STTARS container being pushed into the Chamber A cleanroom.

The Webb Telescope being unloaded from the STTARS container and moved to a rollover fixture in Chamber A.

1080p B-Roll of engineers working on Webb inside the Chamber A cleanroom at Johnson Space Center.

4K B-Roll of engineers working on Webb inside the Chamber A cleanroom at Johnson Space Center.

A time-lapse of the Webb Telescope rotating on a rollover fixture inside the Chamber A cleanroom.

Time Lapse video of the Webb Telescope optics and instrument segment being unpacked in the NASA Johnson Space Center Chamber A cleanroom.

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