NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Arrives Safely at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in California
After completing its cryogenic testing in NASA Johnson Space Center’s Chamber A, the optical and science segment of the James Webb Space Telescope is packed and transported to the Northrop Grumman facility in Los Angeles. There, it will be combined with its sunshield and spacecraft bus, tested and then packed for the journey to the European Space Agency’s launch facility in French Guiana.
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A produced video of the James Webb Space Telescope’s optical and science instrument segment being shipped from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX to the Northrop Grumman facility in Los Angeles, CA.
Music Credit: Time Shift Equalibrium Main Track by Cotton and Niblett
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographers
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Michael P. Menzel (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Editor
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Photographer
- Christopher Gunn (InuTeq, LLC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, February 5, 2018.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT.