Canada – Webb Telescope: Mirror alignment progress and imagery

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Media advisory

NASA will hold a media teleconference on Friday, February 11, at 11:00 a.m. ET, to share progress on the alignment of the telescope’s mirrors.

Longueuil, Quebec, February 10, 2022 — NASA will hold a media teleconference on Friday, February 11, at 11:00 a.m. ET, to share progress on the alignment of the telescope’s mirrors.

Imagery will be available shortly before the teleconference, at 10:30 a.m., on NASA’s blog. Media are invited to consult NASA’s media advisory for more information.

The audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASA’s website.

Friday, February 11, 2022

Time
What
Who
Where

11:00 a.m. ET
NASA to discuss progress on Webb Telescope mirror alignment

Lee Feinberg, Webb Optical Telescope Element Manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
Marshall Perrin, Webb Deputy Telescope Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore
Marcia Rieke, Principal Investigator for the NIRCam instrument and Regents Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona in Tucson

Audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASA’s website

Additional links

Video playlist – James Webb Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope: What’s New?
Information kit – James Webb Space Telescope

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