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About Event

Fri 28 Jan 2022

Location

Virtual

Time

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST

Description

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25, 2021, and major deployments of the observatory have been successfully completed. Following a 6-month commissioning phase, the long-awaited flagship observatory will offer the worldwide astronomical and planetary science communities powerful new infrared capabilities for years to come.

The Town Hall will feature speakers from the JWST Program Office at NASA Headquarters, the JWST project at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Science and Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute. The presentations will:

  • Provide the astronomical community with a status update of the mission
  • Discuss the next steps in the commissioning timeline
  • Inform the community on when to expect to see the first science data
  • Look forward to the first year of exciting JWST science

Connect to the Town Hall:  https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/bcqbcdpt

Agenda

Each speaker will present for 10 minutes, with 30 minutes left for Q&A. Questions will be selected using an online “up-vote” system, with the moderator reading the top-voted questions. Use this URL to ask questions any time through the end of the event: https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/qzze/.

View the JWST Town Hall

Topic Speaker
MC

Hashima Hasan, JWST Deputy Program Scientist (NASA HQ)

Introduction Eric Smith, JWST Program Scientist (NASA HQ)
JWST Mission Update - Pre-launch, launch, and other major deployments

Jonathan Gardner, JWST Deputy Senior Project Scientist (NASA GSFC)

Commissioning the Telescope

Mike McElwain, JWST Observatory Project Scientist (NASA GSFC)

Commissioning the Science Instruments

Jane Rigby, JWST Operations Project Scientist (NASA GSFC)

JWST Cycle 1 Science Program and Cycle 2 and Beyond Klaus Pontoppidan, STScI JWST Project Scientist (STScI)

 

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The NASA James Webb Space Telescope, developed in partnership with ESA and CSA, is operated by AURA’s Space Telescope Science Institute.