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UCF scientists among eager researchers awaiting James Webb Space Telescope launch
JWST launching in October from French Guiana
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The conclusion of this test represents the team’s final in a long series of checkpoints designed to ensure Webb’s 18 hexagonal mirrors are prepared for a long life of profound discovery.
(Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn) (Hasselblad H6D)
Decades of work is in the balance as NASA enters the final stages before shipping the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to the launch site in the French Guiana.
NASA and the telescope manufacture, Northrop Grumman, provided an update Tuesday on the next generation telescope, which is slated to launch on Oct. 31 onboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Teams have faced delays this year due to the pandemic and previously for hardware issues.
Panelists include:
The Washington Post and associate professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Paul Gardullo, historian and curator of the exhibition on the Tulsa Race Massacre now on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
State Representative Regina Goodwin; Greg Robinson II, Director of Met Cares Foundation
Co-producer of the film, Eric Stover, Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center at University of California, Berkeley
About the Film
One of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history occurred 100 years ago, May 31-June 1, 1921. Known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, a mob of white residents set fire to “Black Wall Street” hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma killing an estimated 100-300 Black residents and leaving an estimated 10,000 Black residents homeless. The new documentary
The 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre is coming soon to a TV near you.
Oklahomans will be able to tune into at least five new documentaries that will be televised to coincide with the upcoming centennial of the 1921 tragedy.
For those who prefer to take in history through fantastical fiction, two series streaming on HBO Max offer opportunities to see a recreation of some of the darkest days in Oklahoma s complicated history.
The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents attacked, set aflame and ultimately devastated the Greenwood District, which was at that time one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States, earning it the name Black Wall Street.
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Preview Event
Join audiences nationwide for a virtual event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The event will feature excerpts from the landmark PBS documentary,
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten, and panel discussion with scholars and historians from across the country. Register Here Thursday, May 20, 2021
Join audiences nationwide on Thursday, May 20, 2021, at 7:00 pm ET, for a virtual event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The event will feature excerpts from landmark PBS documentary
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten. Learn how the community of Tulsa and the nation is coming to terms with its past, present, and future in a panel discussion featuring