The Webb Telescope Journey to Space Part 1: Packed and Transported to the Ship @NASAWebbTelescope

Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

This is the beginning of the James Webb Space Telescope’s journey to space! It started with engineers packing the telescope into the protective transport container. The container was then moved from Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, CA to Seal Beach, CA. Waiting at Seal Beach was the ship, the MN Colibri, which would carry Webb to the port near the launch site in French Guiana.

Watch the whole Journey to Space series of videos via this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcy1hEnsejK0_ImohqEdxsB7ECXhGWaG1

Read more:
Press release: nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-webb-space-telescope-arrives-in-french-guiana-after-sea-voyage

Feature: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/how-to-ship-the-world-s-largest-space-telescope-1500-miles-across-the-ocean

Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Producer
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Video Editor
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer
Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer
Tom Graves (Northrop Grumman): Drone Operator
Larkin Carey (Ball Aerospace & Technologies): Drone Assistant

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Music: Universal Production Music: Incredible Journey 1436055

The Webb Telescope Journey to Space Part 1: Packed and Transported to the Ship

Webb Media Day Presentation (full) - May 11, 2021

The Webb Telescope Journey to Space Part 2: Loading and Departing

$Tiny Mic: Whats your favorite Webb image? Tiny mic, big science! We’re celebrating Webb’s third launchaversary this month by asking you to pick your favorite image. We thought it was only fair to go first. We asked project scientists for some of NASA’s telescopes to share what makes their favorite Webb images so special. 0:00 White text reads “We asked people who work at Goddard…” on a background of Webb’s first deep field image, with many stars and galaxies. 0:01 White text that reads “What’s your favorite Webb image?” fades on. 0:04 Dr. Giada Arney talks into a tiny mic. 0:05 White text that reads “Habitable Worlds Observatory Interim Project Scientist” fades on. 0:07 Webb’s image of Neptune, a blueish planet against the black of space. 0:17 Dr. Julie McEnery talks into a tiny mic. 0:18 White text that reads “Roman Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist” fades on. 0:21 Pan along a graph labeled “GRB 230307A Kilonova Emission Spectrum” on a black background. 0:38 Dr. Jennifer Wiseman talks into a tiny mic. 0:42 White text that reads “Hubble Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist” fades on. 0:46 An image of two spiral galaxies, appearing to blend where they overlap, rendered in pinks, with orange and blue light. 0:55 Dr. Jane Rigby talks into a tiny mic. 0:58 White text that reads “Webb Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist” fades on. 1:01 A bright red and orange star with long diffraction spikes against a black background of space. 1:06 Back to Jane. 1:10 White text reads “Now it’s your turn…” on a background of Webb’s first deep field image, with many stars and galaxies. 1:11 White text that reads “What’s your favorite Webb image?” fades on. “Your” is red. #Space #NASA #Galaxy #Spectrum #Star #Planet #Neptune #Webb #Hubble #RomanSpaceTelescope #JWST$

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