Open AccessFirst instrument ready for JWST
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53304_13.x
Subject(s) - james webb space telescope , physics , astronomy , telescope
After more than 10 years of work by more than 200 engineers, the Mid InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) is the first of four instruments to be completed for the James Webb Space Telescope, whose design and construction has been led by Britain in partnership with European institutions.