As a senior Webb project scientist watched, he was 'almost in tears.' 🔭 engineering
NASA moved the James Webb Space Telescope in a"dry-nitrogen climate-controlled environment"
"The components of Webb have traveled before; the complex 15-stage journey of the mirrors," for example, says Gardner."After finishing the decade-long assembly and testing process, Webb was packed into theWith Webb nestled safely in its cushioned support structure and dry-nitrogen climate-controlled environment, the truck driver reached a maximum speed of 7 miles per hour on the middle-of-the-night journey from a Northrop Grumman cleanroom to the port at Seal Beach.
, and probably a bit of luck. After the 7-mile-per-hour drive, Webb was loaded onto its cargo hold and then departed, on September 26, 2021.Then"the MN Colibri sailed along Baja California and reached the Panama Canal," says Gardner."Webb took eight hours to traverse through three locks of the Canal and entered the Atlantic Ocean on October 6." This was a crucial component of its journey since, on the open ocean, more unpredictable events can occur.
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