JWST Reaches NASA Johnson for Thermal Vacuum Testing

Credit: JWST model: NASA
HOUSTON—The James Webb Space Telescope’s long, $8.8 billion journey from concept to deep space achieved a milestone over the weekend, as a U.S. Air Force C-5 jet transport touched down at Ellington Airport here for off-loading and over-the-road transport to the nearby NASA Johnson Space Center. At...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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