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The James Webb Space Telescope is the premier space science observatory of the next decade. Thousands of parts must work correctly, in sequence, to unfold Webb into its final configuration, as it flies through space to a destination nearly one million miles away.
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NASA will hold a virtual media briefing 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Nov. 2, to discuss the engineering of the James Webb Space Telescope, the worlds largest and most powerful space science telescope. Participants will discuss how the observatorys science goals drove its design and preview the complex series of deployments Webb will complete as it unfolds in space.
The briefing will livestream on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agencys website.
The briefing participants are:
- Bill Ochs, Webb project manager, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Alphonso Stewart, Webb deployment systems lead, Goddard
- Begoa Vila, Webb instrument systems engineer, Goddard
- Krystal Puga, Webb spacecraft systems engineer, Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, California
- Mike Menzel, Webb lead mission systems engineer, Goddard
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