NASA To Reveal First Images from Webb Telescope in Live Broadcast Next Month

Jeremy Kariuki

Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 11:43 AM ET

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The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures. [Courtesy: NASA]

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NASA will unveil the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast on July 12 at 10:30 a.m. ET.
These highly anticipated images, developed in partnership with ESA and CSA, are intended to showcase the telescope's powerful instruments and preview its future science mission.
After months of calibration and reaching its orbit, the JWST is ready for its science mission, promising to offer humanity an unprecedented view of the infrared universe despite a recent micrometeoroid hit.

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NASA’s first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) will be revealed during a live broadcast on July 12.

In partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA will present the images alongside spectroscopic data from the world’s most powerful telescope. Live coverage of the image release broadcast will be streamed on NASA’s website at 10:30 a.m. ET that morning.