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MIRI Ready to be Shipped to NASA

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HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 18, 2012 — The first instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was completed and handed over to NASA, according to the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA). The mid-infrared instrument (MIRI), a pioneering camera and spectrograph, is so sensitive that it could see a candle on one of Jupiter’s moons. Key components of the new instrument were designed and built at MPIA. The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, JWST will explore the era of the first stars, trace the assembly of early galaxies, and examine in detail the birth of stars and planetary systems as well as...Read full article

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