Flagship Observatory Headed To Launch Site

Irene Klotz October 08, 2021
James Webb Space Telescope on launchpad
The James Webb Space Telescope, pictured in its launch configuration, is en route to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. It is expected to arrive mid-October.
Credit: Chris Gunn/NASA
In 2012, when individual pieces of the James Webb Space Telescope began to arrive at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, a group of engineers instrumented a ship to help them figure out how to prepare the observatory for transport to Kourou, French Guiana, for launch. Typically, NASA transports its...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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