Redondo Beach engineers ‘push the envelope’ with James Webb Space Telescope

The Webb spacecraft, the most powerful space telescope ever built, was designed and manufactured in Redondo Beach by Northrop Grumman. The corporation is one of the largest aerospace employers in Los Angeles County, with more than 10,000 employees across the region.

Robby Swoish, program manager for maintenance and operations for the telescope, told KNX News’ Margaret Carrerro that many of the people who have worked on the project over the past 20 years are still involved and proud to be part of the mission.

“It’s been a big part of my life for the past ten-plus years,” he said. “Seeing the first images come back, seeing us successfully execute the deployments on orbit, it made me very proud of the team and the company, just seeing that through our perseverance, we’re able to accomplish something so great.”