Webb Telescope Move from NASA's Johnson Space Center to Northrop Grumman Time-Lapses

  • Released Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:46PM
  • ID: 12881

Time-Lapses of engineers transporting the James Webb Space Telescope from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas to Northrop Grumman's cleanroom in Redondo Beach California. Engineers re-installed OTIS into the Space Telescope Transport Air Rail and Sea (STTARS) container at NASA's Johnson Space Center. From there, STTARS was moved to NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, and then to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston Texas. Once at the airfield, engineers loaded STTARS onto a C5 Super Galaxy Transport Aircraft, and had STTARS flown out to Los Angeles International (LAX) Airport. Engineers unloaded STTARS from the C5 Aircraft and transported STTARS to Northrop Grumman M8 Cleanroom facility.

Time-lapse footage of engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas, moving and installing the Webb Telescope into the STTARS container. The engineers then re-install the tent-frame and lid to the container, and push it out of the cleanroom.

Time-lapse footage of the STTARS container leaving NASA's Johnson Space Center for NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston Texas.

Time-lapse footage of the STTARS container being transported from NASA's Johnson Space Center to NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston Texas.

Time-lapse footage of engineers loading the STTARS Container onto the C5 Super Galaxy Transport Aircraft at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston Texas.

Time-lapse footage of engineers loading the STTARS Container onto the C5 Super Galaxy Transport Aircraft at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston Texas from inside the C5.

Time-lapse footage of engineers unloading the STTARS container from the C5 Super Galaxy Transport Aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles California.

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