This is the test backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope (called the pathfinder) being moved by crane from its packing case over to the large assembly stand in the cleanroom NASA Goddard. We'll be installing some spare mirrors on it and then sending it to NASA Johnson for testing. This move of the pathfinder also served as practice for when the flight backplane arrives.
The backplane is like the telescope's spine. It supports the primary mirror segments and has a large boom which extends to hold the secondary mirror.
Credit: Maggie Masetti
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The James Webb Space Telescope's backplane is in this transport, known as STTARS - the Space Telescope Transporter for Air Road and Sea. 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.
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This is the test backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope (called the pathfinder) being moved by crane from its packing case over to the large assembly stand in the cleanroom NASA Goddard. We'll be installing some spare mirrors on it and then sending it to NASA Johnson for testing. This move of the pathfinder also served as practice for when the flight backplane arrives.
The backplane is like the telescope's spine. It supports the primary mirror segments and has a large boom which extends to hold the secondary mirror.
Credit: Maggie Masetti
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On July 18, 2014 the pathfinder, or test, backplane arrived at NASA Goddard. It was flown by C-5 from Northrop Grumman in California to Andrews Air Force Base, where it was then transported by truck (known as the STTARS - Space Telescope Transporter for Air Road and Sea) to NASA Goddard. The container was brought into the cleanroom where the lid was removed and the test backplane was unwrapped.
Over the next few months at NASA Goddard, we will install two spare primary mirror segments and the spare secondary onto it. It will then be shipped to NASA Johnson to be tested in Chamber A.
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This is the test backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope (called the pathfinder) being moved by crane from its packing case over to the large assembly stand in the cleanroom NASA Goddard. We'll be installing some spare mirrors on it and then sending it to NASA Johnson for testing. This move of the pathfinder also served as practice for when the flight backplane arrives.
The backplane is like the telescope's spine. It supports the primary mirror segments and has a large boom which extends to hold the secondary mirror.
Credit: Maggie Masetti
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