JWST's Pathfinder Arrives at MSFC for Cryogenic Testing
JWST's Pathfinder arrives at MSFC for cryogenic testing.
The James Webb Space Telescope's pathfinder backplane arrives at Marshall Space Flight Center on Sept 18, 2013 for cryogenic testng. The backplane is the "spine" of the telescope and it supports mirror segments. This test item was sent from Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, CA to NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, MD. It first flew on a C-5 aircraft and then was driven by truck to Goddard.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Videographer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Editor
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
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Project support
- Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, February 13, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.