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How To Pack A Space Telescope

Operating a telescope in space is a challenge, but so is moving one on Earth. An inside look at how NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moved from Houston to Los Angeles.
Engineers next to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

As complicated as it as to launch and operate a telescope in space, it's almost as complex to move a space telescope around here on Earth.

For the past 9 months or so, NASA has been testing the in a giant cryogenic chamber at Johnson Space Center in

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