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MEDIA ADVISORY M23-085
Join NASA to Celebrate Webb Space Telescope’s First Year of Science
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, fully deployed in space. Credits: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, NASA Animator
NASA is commemorating the first year of science and discoveries from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most powerful, and most complex space telescope ever built. To celebrate the anniversary, multiple events will take place online and live across the U.S.
Webb’s [first full-color images](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-reveals-webb-telescope-s-first-images-of-unseen-universe/) were released July 12, 2022, marking the beginning of the observatory’s science mission. Since then, Webb has discovered some of the earliest galaxies ever observed, delivered the most detailed view of the atmospheres of planets outside our solar system, and captured new views of planets within our solar system.
The schedule of Webb first anniversary events is as follows (all times are Eastern):
Wednesday, July 12
– 6 a.m.: Release of a new Webb image [online](http://www.nasa.gov/webb)
– 6 a.m.: Live interview opportunities begin
– Webb mission experts will be available to conduct live, remote interviews with broadcast media, in both English and Spanish. Details about scheduling these interviews are available [online](https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14349). Webb experts also are available for interviews outside of this window upon request.
– 4 p.m.: NASA Science Live online
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Friday, July 14
– 1 p.m.: Webb anniversary event, Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
– Visitors of all ages can learn about the telescope and how it studies the universe with its infrared eyes. There will be talks about Webb, a Virtual Reality experience, hands-on activities for children, and educational giveaway items.
This Summer:
– Webb anniversary community events, nationwide
The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).
For more information about Webb, visit:
[https://www.nasa.gov/webb](http://www.nasa.gov/webb)
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Press Contacts
Alise Fisher
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-2546
Laura Betz
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-9030