AUSTIN, Texas, March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is partnering with NASA and the Space
Telescope Science Institute (STScI) to bring the James Webb Space
Telescope back to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Gaming Expo at the
Palmer Events Center March 7-9, 2014.
Free to the public, the Webb Telescope exhibit will demonstrate the
sheer size of the observatory that will be 100 times more powerful
than Hubble. Visitors can talk with scientists and engineers who
will share how Webb will inspire
the next generation of scientists and engineers to push the
boundaries of science and technology. The exhibit will also feature
an 82-inch touch screen display provided by Microsoft that will
show science visualizations and other videos, and tablets with
Webb apps and handouts.
The Webb Telescope is NASA's top science program in development
that will allow scientists to peer ever farther into the cosmos,
seeing things no previous telescope can see and explore the
formation of the first stars and galaxies.
What:
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The James Webb Space
Telescope exhibit at SXSW will be open to the general public from
Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9. Media are invited to
interview scientists and engineers from NASA, STScI and Northrop
Grumman about the tennis-court sized space telescope that will
change our understanding of the universe.
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For more information,
including a full list of events, visit Northrop Grumman's event
page at www.northropgrumman.com/WEBBatSXSW.
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When:
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Visit the JWST
exhibit inside the Palmer Events Center during the following
dates/times:
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- Friday, March 7 from 1 to 9
p.m.
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- Saturday, March 8 from Noon to 8
p.m.
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- Sunday, March 9 from Noon to 8
p.m.
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Also, on Sunday, March 9 from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m., check out the
SXSW Interactive panel, "First Signs: Finding Life on Other
Planets." A panel of experts from NASA and Northrop Grumman will
examine the important contributions telescopes like Kepler and
Webb will make in the search for
life in the universe, and set the stage for how Webb could find the first signs of life on
another planet. For more information, go to:
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP17180.
Where:
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Palmer Events
Center
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900 Barton Springs
Road
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Austin, TX
78704
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Click here for a
map.
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SOURCE Northrop Grumman Corporation