James Webb Space Telescope

Ottawa, Ontario
July 25, 2012

Left to right: The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry; David Lizius; Steve MacLean; Dr. John Hutchings and Dr. René Doyon

The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, was at the David Florida Laboratory in Ottawa to unveil Canada's contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope. The Minister toured the lab and signed the case in which the Canadian technology will travel to NASA.

Left to right: The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry; David Lizius, President, COM DEV Canada; Steve MacLean, President, Canadian Space Agency; Dr. John Hutchings, National Research Council of Canada; and Dr. René Doyon, Associate Professor at the Université de Montréal and Director of the Mont-Mégantic Observatory.

Speech: James Webb Space Telescope

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