NASA MEDIA BFG WITH UPDATE ON JWST’S MIRROR ALIGNMENT, Mar 16, 2022, virtual, 12:00 pm ET

NASA will hold a media briefing on March 16, 2022 at 12:00 pm ET to discuss completion of the alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope’s 18 mirror segments. NASA will make imagery demonstrating the completion of this milestone available on the agency’s website at 11:30 a.m., prior to the briefing.

The briefing will air live on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

Participants are:

• Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
• 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
• Jane Rigby, Webb operations project scientist, Goddard
• Erin Wolf, Webb program manager, Ball Aerospace in Broomfield, Colorado