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Webb Telescope Deployment Sequence
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful infrared science observatory ever to be sent into space. From its orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, Webb will study some of the most distant objects in the universe—but first it has to get there. Webb–folded up inside an Ariane 5 rocket as it launched into space–will gradually unfurl as it travels to its destination beyond the Moon. This video depicts Webb's journey into orbit, capturing its travel time, distance, and its transformation as it deploys.
- Release DateJune 30, 2016
- CreditProducer: NASA, Northrop Grumman; Narration: Lee Arenberg; Writer: Jonathan Arenberg; Science Advisor: Jon Lawrence, Carl Starr, Marc Kirkpatrick, Joel Green (STScI), Andy Salvatore, Connie Reese, Bill Morelli; Technical Specialists: Brandyn Bok, Jonathan Lowe, Michale Mesarch, Karen Richon; Animation: Faren Mandel, Vladimir Sierra, Tony Carrillo, Juan Bautista; Audio: Dan Koblosh, Bob Jaques; Acknowledgment: Arianespace
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov
NASA, Northrop Grumman
Lee Arenberg
Jonathan Arenberg
Jon Lawrence, Carl Starr, Marc Kirkpatrick, Joel Green (STScI), Andy Salvatore, Connie Reese, Bill Morelli
Brandyn Bok, Jonathan Lowe, Michale Mesarch, Karen Richon
Faren Mandel, Vladimir Sierra, Tony Carrillo, Juan Bautista
Dan Koblosh, Bob Jaques
Arianespace
