JATIS Webinar: Webb is Ready to Launch!
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully launched on 25 December, 2021. This webinar recording, hosted by Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems Editor-in-Chief Mark Clampin (NASA), presented the instruments aboard JWST, and the data we hope JWST will deliver in the months and years ahead. A free recording of the talks is archived below.
Webb is Ready to Launch! |
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JWST successfully launched on 25 December, 2021. This webinar was recorded on 7 December 2021 and hosted by Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems Editor-in-Chief Mark Clampin (NASA). The webinar participants presented an overview of the telescope itself and the instruments aboard, followed by a lively discussion among the panelists. Host/Moderator: Mark Clampin, Director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Speakers: Michael McElwain, JWST Observatory Project Scientist (JWST overview) Marcia Rieke, Regents' Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona [Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCAM)] Maurice te Plate, Systems Engineer at the European Space Agency [Near-Infrared Spectrograph and Mid-Infrared Instrument (NIRSPEC/MIRI)] René Doyon, Director of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets, Université de Montréal [Near-Infrared Imager and Stiltless Spectograph and Fine-Guidance Sensor (NIRISS/FGS)] |
