[meteorite-list] NASA Discusses James Webb Space Telescope Progress

[Ron Baalke]

January 29, 2014

J. D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
j.d.harrington at nasa.gov 

Lynn Chandler
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-2806
lynn.chandler-1 at nasa.gov 
     
MEDIA ADVISORY M14-021
     
NASA Discusses James Webb Space Telescope Progress

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland  
will participate in a news conference at 9 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 3, to  
discuss the status of the agency's flagship science project, the James Webb  
Space Telescope.

The event will take place in Building 8 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center  
in Greenbelt, Md., and be broadcast live on NASA Television.

Webb will be the premiere observatory of the next decade, serving thousands  
of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our  
universe, including the first luminous glows after the big bang, the  
formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets similar to  
Earth, and the evolution of our own solar system.

Reporters can visit the observation deck in building 29 to see the Webb  
instruments and speak with senior project representatives once the news  
conference ends. To attend, reporters should contact Laura Betz at  
laura.e.betz at nasa.gov  or 301-286-9030.

For more information about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/webb 

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