Webb Telescope Backplane Arrives at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Produced video showing the arrival of the Webb Telescope Backplane at Joint Base Andrews and it's transport to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Webb Telescope's Backplane arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Monday, August 24, 2015 aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 cargo plane. The Backplane, inside the Space Telescope Transporter for Air Road and Sea (STTARS) container, is off-loaded from the C-5 and carefully transported to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. There the container is moved into the cleanroom and opened in preparation for the removal of the Backplane.
The Webb Telescope's Backplane is a large composite structure that holds and supports Webb's hexagonal mirrors. The backplane supports the weight of the 21-foot (6.5 m) diameter mirror, and 7,500 lbs (2400 kg) of telescope optics and instruments.
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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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Videographers
- Nasreen Alkhateeb (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Christopher Gunn (USRA)
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, August 26, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.