Webb Lifted on the Hardpoint Offloader Support System (HOSS)
The James Webb Space Telescope is preparing for it's final large test in Chamber A. The Apollo-era vacuum chamber simulates the vacuum and temperatures of space.
In this series of shots Webb is being lifted onto the Hardpoint Offloader Support System, or HOSS, for short. The HOSS is a rail system that will support the Telescope as it is pushed into the Chamber.
With help from Goddard Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX built a new cleanroon around Chamber A in 2013 in preparation for Webb's testing.
Webb is prepared and lifted onto the Hardpoint Offloader Support System (HOSS).
Shots of Webb from a high vantage point.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Videographer
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Editor
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, May 31, 2017.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:47 PM EDT.