This modestly priced online talk may be of interest.
Chris H
Subject: | [Infofassocs] GoSpaceWatch Online Lecture: "The UK's Role in the James Webb Space Telescope" |
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Date: | Mon, 4 Jul 2022 16:06:42 +0100 |
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The next GoSpaceWatch Online
Lecture: “The UK’s Role in the James Webb Space Telescope”
by Dr Caroline Harper. Head of Space Science, UK Space
Agency. Thursday 28th July at 8:00 pm UK.
Synopsis:
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day
2021 and has now reached operational orbit at the second
Lagrange Point, roughly 1.5M km from Earth. During
commissioning of the science instruments Webb has already
exceeded expectations in terms of performance, promising
great things from the first science data release on 12 July.
Webb is optimised to observe in the infrared and is set to
transform our understanding of the Universe, building on and
complementing the work of the Hubble Space Telescope. It
will be able to capture the faint light from the first stars
in the Universe, effectively looking back in time to soon
after the Big Bang. It will also allow us to peer inside the
dense dust clouds surrounding newly forming stars and
galaxies. The UK is playing a major role in this space
observatory for the next decade, and UK investment in the
mission places our researchers at the forefront of the
exciting new discoveries that will be made. This talk will
describe how the UK led the European Consortium which
designed, built and tested the Mid InfraRed Instrument
(MIRI) for Webb, in collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, and what the future may hold for the UK research
community working on data from this fascinating mission.
The
Speaker
Caroline joined the UK Space Agency at its creation in 2011,
transferring into the new organisation from the Science
& Technology Facilities Research Council. She became
Head of the Agency's Space Science Programme in April 2020.
This Programme provides support for the design, development
and operation of innovative scientific instrument payloads
and data processing capabilities for European Space Agency
missions. Caroline's role includes working with the space
R&D community in academia and industry to develop the
sector through strong, focused participation in missions
with ESA and with other national space agencies.
She
has also been responsible for the Agency's first national
cubesat programme, launched successfully in July 2014, and
for managing some of the Agency's International Partnership
Programme (IPP) overseas development aid projects. She is
the UK delegate on a number of international steering
groups, including ESA's Science Programme Committee.
Caroline
is a qualified Mental Health First Aider and staff
well-being champion, offering support and mentoring to
colleagues as part of the Agency's staff well-being
initiative. programme, launched successfully in July 2014,
and for managing some of the Agency's International
Partnership Programme (IPP) overseas development aid
projects. She is the UK delegate on a number of
international steering groups, including ESA's Science
Programme Committee.
Tickets
at just £3.00 per person from
https://jwstUK.eventbrite.co.uk
Michael Bryce
(Owner/Director)
GoSpaceWatch Limited
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