Time-lapse Construction of the James Webb Space Telescope Ambient Optical Assembly Stand.

The clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has received a giant structural steel frame (called the Ambient Optical Assembly Stand or AOAS) that will be used to assemble the mirrors and instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope.

"This milestone is important as it marks the transition to the integration and testing phase for the Webb telescope's optical telescope element," said Lee Feinberg, Optical Telescope Element Manager for the Webb telescope at Goddard.

This timelapse video shows part of the AOAS construction process. (No audio.)

Read more: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/webb-assembly-stand.html

Credit: NASA Goddard

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[XxcovenguyxX]

considering the death of our space program, it probably won't make it to space before it's extremely obsolete.

[dittonamed]

@melrobRTF I'm with you melrob, ill make the koolaid

[ikkeniikkewel]

next time time elpase about the assemby of the telescope.. omg so exited :(

[redkb]

Next time set the exposure, white balance, and focus manually so the video doesn't flicker.

[melrobRTF]

If it never gets launched i will kill myself

[Tropiduridae]

thinking about this thing self-assembling in space makes me so nervous xD I'll be a wreck the day it actually launches. Best of luck to all of you!