NASA'S Next-Generation Space Observatory Comes To Baltimore

Oct. 13, 2011

Dwayne Brown / Trent J. Perrotto
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726 / 202-358-0321
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov

Lynn Chandler
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-2806
lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-210

NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION SPACE OBSERVATORY COMES TO BALTIMORE

WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to an up-close look at
a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at the
Maryland Science Center, located at 601 Light Street in Baltimore's
Inner Harbor.

The model will be displayed from Oct. 14-26 as part of the Association
of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) annual conference being held in
Baltimore. ASTC is a nonprofit organization of science centers and
museums dedicated to furthering public engagement with science among
increasingly diverse audiences. Several supporting activities are
planned with scientists and engineers to talk about the unprecedented
science capabilities of the largest space telescope ever built.

On Friday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. EDT, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
will make brief remarks, take questions from reporters and tour the
Webb model.

A press conference will culminate the 13-day public display on
Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 9:45 a.m., at the Maryland Science Center.
Participants will include:
- U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)
- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver
- John Mather, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics and Webb
telescope senior project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center in Greenbelt, Md.
- Adam Riess, recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, professor
of astronomy and physics at the Johns Hopkins University, and a
senior member of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore
- Riccardo Giacconi, recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics and
university professor at the Johns Hopkins University
- John Grunsfeld, deputy director of the Space Telescope Science
Institute and a former astronaut who participated in three
spaceflights to service Hubble

For more information or access to events, media representatives should
contact Lynn Chandler at 301-286-2806 or lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov.

The Webb telescope will provide images of the first galaxies ever
formed and explore planets around distant stars. The unique
observatory is a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency and
the Canadian Space Agency.

For more information about the Webb telescope, visit:

http://jwst.nasa.gov

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