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JWST NIRSpec media briefing

JWST NIRSpec media briefing


Date: 06 September 2013
Satellite: JWST
Copyright: Astrium GmbH, Jürgen Dannenberg

ESA has completed the Near-Infrared Spectrograph, one of two instruments it is contributing to the international James Webb Space Telescope, a space observatory set for launch on an Ariane 5 rocket in 2018.

On this occasion, a media briefing was jointly organised by Astrium and ESA in Ottobrunn near Munich, Germany, on 6 September 2013.

People in the picture from right to left: Mark McCaughrean, ESA Head Research and Scientific Support Department; Eric Smith, NASA Acting Program Director for JWST; Alvaro Giménez, ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration; Eric Béranger, Astrium CEO; Pål A. Hvistendahl, ESA Head of Media Relations Office.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
28-Nov-2024 00:56 UT

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