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Mad Science Presents: Are All Systems Go? Webb Space Telescope Launch! In collaboration with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mad Science is proudly hosting a FREE, live online event with special guest Dr. Begoña Vila, an astrophysicist and a lead Systems Engineer at NASA.

In this 1-hour event, children between the ages of 5-12 years old will make a galaxy pinwheel and our guest speaker will be sharing cool space facts and answering kids' questions!

Pinwheel instructions can be downloaded here: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/pinwheel-galaxy/en/

Everyone will have the chance to win one of four Loop Lab prizes, Mad Science's STEM subscription box for children. Learn more about Loop Lab at shop.madscience.com.

Before or after the event, kids can also participate in NASA's Unfold the Universe art challenge! NASA’s biggest and most powerful space telescope ever is launching soon! The James Webb Space Telescope, or Webb, will travel a million miles away to reveal the universe as never seen before. It will look at the first stars and galaxies, study distant planets around other stars, solve mysteries in our solar system, and discover what we can’t even imagine. Its revolutionary technology will be able to look back in time at 13.5 billion years of our cosmic history. What do you think we’ll discover when we #UnfoldTheUniverse? Show us what you believe the Webb telescope will reveal by creating art. Tag us @madsciencegroup #UnfoldTheUniverse. Learn more about the challenge here: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/2021/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-unfold-the-universe-art-challenge.
You can also share it on Instagram or on our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/648342519501360/?active_tab=discussion
We look forward to seeing your creations!

Space is limited. First come, first served.

Mad Science is on a mission to inspire children through science, sparking lifelong imagination and curiosity. Mad Science is the world's leading science enrichment program around with over 160 locations in 20 countries.

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Nov 20, 2021 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Nov 20, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Mad Science Presents: Are All Systems Go? Webb Space Telescope Launch! In collaboration with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_An6XRCD_Q66o84BAzJY0mQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Dr. Begoña Vila (Astrophysicist and a Lead Systems Engineer at NASA ) Dr. Begoña Vila is the lead Systems Engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/KBR for two of the instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), one of them the Fine Guidance Sensor responsible for the pointing and stability of the Observatory. She is also the deputy lead for the operations of all the Webb instruments after launch. She obtained her PhD in Astrophysics at Jodrell Bank, UK after her undergraduate degree in Spain. Her research included galaxies and stellar abundances. She led the final cryogenic test at Goddard and supported the tests at Johnson Space Flight center, Northrop Grumman Space Systems and at the Launch Site, as well as the planning for JWST’s Commissioning. She has received various awards including the NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal in 2016 and the Premio Wonenburger by the Xunta de Galicia (Spain) in 2017. Dr. Begoña Vila enjoys participating in outreach activities on JWST, STEAM, science or other, in English and in Spanish.

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