First indications from the NIRSpec and MIRI teams are that both instruments have performed remarkably well during these most recent tests in space-like conditions, but there are many weeks of data review to come before the teams will know if the instruments are ready to move to the next stage of integration with the telescope. By mid-February, the instruments will have reached room temperature and will leave the cryo-vacuum test chamber at Goddard for the last time.
For more information, please see the ESA project update.
For more information please contact: RAL Space Enquiries
