NASA MEDIA TELECON WITH UPDATE ON JWST COMMISSIONING, May 9, 2022, virtual, 11:00 am ET

NASA will hold a media telecon on May 9, 2022 at 11:00 am ET to provide an update of the commissioning of the science instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope as it gets ready for science operations.

It will air on NASA Live.

Participants are:

• Michael McElwain, Webb observatory project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
• Christopher Evans, Webb project scientist, European Space Agency
• Jean Dupuis, space astronomy senior mission scientist, Canadian Space Agency
• Marcia Rieke, principal investigator for Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera and regents professor of astronomy, University of Arizona
• Klaus Pontoppidan, Webb project scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute