Meet Nora | NIRSpec Instrument Scientist Behind NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Webb instrument scientists talk about their career journey and Webb first images:

Dr. Nora Luetzgendorf reveals how the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope can capture imagery of galaxies that appear just as they did billions of years ago! She shares who inspired her to become a scientist and a big tip to anyone looking to pursue a career in STEM. Nora is an astrophysicist working for ESA (European Space Agency), stationed at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

Credits:
• Subject Matter Expert: Nora Luetzgendorf
• Executive Producer: Natasha Pinol
• Producer: James Ryan
• Editor: James Ryan
• Advisors: Katherine Brown, Rachel Power, Liz Landau, Alise Fisher, Denise Davis-Konopka
• Images Credit: NASA
• B-roll Credit: NASA’s Science Visualization Studio

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