NASA's Next-Generation Space Observatory Comes To Baltimore

Oct. 24, 2011

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

Lon Rains
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Falls Church, Va.
703-280-4363
lon.rains@ngc.com

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-220

NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION SPACE OBSERVATORY COMES TO BALTIMORE

WASHINGTON -- Journalists 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 is on display through Oct. 26 as part of the recent
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) annual conference
that was held in Baltimore. ASTC is a nonprofit organization of
science centers and museums dedicated to furthering public engagement
with science among increasingly diverse audiences.

A press conference will culminate the 13-day public display on
Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 9:45 a.m. EDT, 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 the Hubble telescope

For more information or access to the event, media representatives
should contact Lon Rains at 703-280-4363 or lon.rains@ngc.com.

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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