The James Webb Space Telescope participated in the World Science Festival in New York City in June 2010. Northrop Grumman's full-scale model of the satellite was on display in Battery Park, and we had scientists on hand to answer questions and give talks, including project scientist and Nobel Laureate John Mather.

Here are some highlights from the event.

We have a time-lapse video of the construction of the full-scale model. The construction took 5 days - this video shows about 4.5 of that as we hit a maximum picture count.

We also have numerous photos of the construction on Flicker:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/sets/72157624196414186/

The model looked especially attractive lit up at night! Here is another time-lapse video:

James Webb's son (far left) visited and posed for pictures with Astronaut John Grunsfeld, Nobel Laureate (and project scientist) John Mather, Writer/Reporter Miles O'Brien, and scientist Heidi Hammel.

A few pictures from the week:

We especially liked this 3 shot High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo taken by Bobby Bradley.

One of our displays:

Children playing with the JWST LEGO set:

More photos...

Links to some of the coverage:

• Preliminary NASA Web Feature on the event.

• Space Telescope Science Institute's video podcast

• NPR's Science Friday audio broadcast.

• Science Friday video.

• Space.com article: Amateurs and Professionals Mix at New York Stargazing Event.

• Popsci.com photo gallery.

• NY Times: The Cosmos and the Culture Converge at a Science Festival.

• NY Times: To Take Baby Pictures of the Universe, Click Here.

• NY Daily News: NASA's new toy, the James Webb Space Telescope, reaches for the stars

• Schedule of what our events were.