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SUMMARY:Naveen Vetcha – The Webb Space Telescope: The Journey So Far
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe classroom will be OPEN for this talk and we hope to see you in person!\n \nThis event will be live-streamed on YouTube and as a webinar on Zoom, but we’d still love to see your face. The talk will be posted to the Westport Astronomical Society’s YouTube channel afterwards.\n\nThe Webb Space Telescope: The Journey So Far\n \nLaunched in December 2021, James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many unprecedented details of the universe so far. Join us in a journey through space and time as we celebrate and learn about a number of out of this world discoveries made by Webb.\nWe welcome Dr. Naveen Vetcha for the first time to the Westport Astronomical Free Science Lecture Series. Dr. Vetcha is Team Lead for the Aerosciences team at Amentum Space Exploration Division supporting the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. His prior roles on the contract include Team Lead for Technology Development Team, Challenge Manager of NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program, and Liquid Propulsion Analyst for RS-25 engines that power the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System Rocket. Prior to this, he worked as lead test analyst at Nexolve for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshields. Naveen is also an adjunct faculty at University of Alabama Huntsville’s College of Engineering. He is an Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Dr. Vetcha received MS & PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from University of California Los Angeles, MTech in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, and BE in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, India.\n*********\n\n*******\nThe January Cal’s Corner will feature an object that definitely belongs in the heavens.\n
URL:https://was-ct.org/events/naveen-vetcha-the-webb-space-telescope-the-journey-so-far/
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