The Library is the proud recipient of a 2021/2022 NASA@ My Library Grant. Throughout the year, check back here or in our Compass programming brochure for NASA and space related events. 

Learn about the James Webb Space Telescope

Wednesday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom
Best for ages 6+, but all ages welcome

Join NASA Solar System Ambassador, Axel Diaz, on Zoom to learn about the James Webb Space Telescope, which is set to launch on December 18 after more than a decade in the making. Hear about the telescope’s mission, design, and what it will be photographing. There will also be an opportunity for Q and A, so bring along all your space questions!

Click here to register!
Registrants will be emailed a Zoom link and more information.

 
Axel Diaz was born and raised in Ponce, Puerto Rico and came to Lancaster, PA in 1998. After graduating from high school he decided to pursue a career in technology. After graduating from the Institute of Technology of Ponce in 1987 with an associate degree in Biomedical Technology, he attended the Ponce Paramedical College where he studies sales and marketing. While living in Puerto Rico, Axel learned America Sign Language and acted as interpreter. Since 1999, Axel has been working for a manufacturing company in Lancaster and recently went back to college to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.

Look Up! Explore Our Universe: The James Webb Space Telescope Challenge

December 1 to December 31 on Beanstack >
For all ages

Explore our universe with the James Webb Space Telescope Challenge. Learn all about the science behind NASA’s newest space telescope mission, the James Webb Space Telescope. Scheduled to launch December 18, JWST is the most advanced infrared space telescope ever launched and will allow us to look deeper into time and space than ever before! 

Help your library win a collection of programming materials from NASA @ My Library by logging your reading and completing activities. Earn new badges all month long! Complete the challenge by earning 5 badges, and stop by any library to pick up your prize: a James Webb Space Telescope lapel pin.

James Webb Space Telescope Family Take and Make

December 1 to December 31
For families with children of all ages

Stop by any library beginning December 1 to pick up a kit to learn, discover, and explore the James Webb Space Telescope at home! Fold a hexagon, recreate the telescope’s famed mirror array, and refract some light with a spoon. Kits available at all 8 locations while supplies last.

This program is a part of the NASA@ My Library grant. NASA@ My Library is based upon work funded by NASA under cooperative agreement No. NNX16AE30A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of NASA@ My Library and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Nat