Wednesday, 15 October 2014

MIRI and NIRSpec, ADS Instruments For Webb Telescope Pass Cryogenic Vacuum Test

SPACE SCOPES
MIRI and NIRSpec, ADS Instruments For Webb Telescope Pass Cryogenic Vacuum Test
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2014 - The Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), developed and built by Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), built by a European consortium led by the company, have successfully passed a 120 day cryogenic vacuum test campaign within the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This ... more


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