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In addition to Webb events being held across the state, there are several upcoming opportunities through ASU that are free, held virtually and open to the public.

We are excited to have ASU leading the charge across Arizona.' “Webb is an excellent opportunity to activate these different communities to bring the science and engineering of this mission to learners of all ages and backgrounds. “ASU has strong community partnerships across the state of Arizona that are enabled by the NASA Science Activation teams,” said Jessica Swann, deputy principal investigator for SciAct engagement on the SCoPE team and community manager for the Infiniscope project.

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K-12 students who download the Webb Passport to the Stars and attend at least three Webb events will be eligible for prizes from ASU and NASA. K-12 students will then be eligible to win Webb prizes including posters, a VIP-only “Ask Me Anything about Webb” event with ASU scientists and a NASA mystery prize.

K-12 students are encouraged to download the Webb Passport to the Stars and attend at least three NASA Webb events in Arizona. To encourage participation in Webb events across Arizona, and in conjunction with four of ASU’s SciAct projects, including ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration SCoPE and Infiniscope projects, the school has created a Webb calendar of events with 15 NASA-selected hosts across the state. “Partnering with these communities at the beginning of Webb’s journey will also provide insights about how we can co-create opportunities together for Arizona and the nation.” “We are excited about a new approach where nearly 500 communities hear firsthand the ‘behind the scenes’ story about this incredible mission from science experts,” said Kristen Erickson, director of science engagement and partnerships at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. NASA’s Science Activation (SciAct) program, a community-based approach to connect NASA science with learners of all ages, is leading the national effort s to celebrate the launch of Webb and to showcase the mission.

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In honor of this historic launch and to highlight ASU’s involvement in this mission, the university is joining nearly 500 event hosts across the nation that were selected by NASA to provide a series of events celebrating Webb and highlighting the scientists behind the telescope. He is joined by research scientist Rolf Jansen and assistant research scientist Seth Cohen, along with a team of ASU undergraduate and graduate students working on this mission.

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Photo courtesy of NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Download Full ImageĪrizona State University Regents Professor Rogier Windhorst of the School of Earth and Space Exploration is a co-investigator and interdisciplinary scientist for Webb. Artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb will serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade, exploring every phase of cosmic history - from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe, and everything in between. It is targeted to launch into space from Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful and complex space science telescope ever built.