Universe  ID: 11402

Webb Telescope's NIRSpec Instrument Arrives at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Video Snap Shot

Released on April 9, 2014
The Webb Telescope's Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument arrives at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on September 20, 2013.

NIRSpec is a near infrared multi-object dispersive spectrograph capable of simultaneously observing more than 100 sources over a field-of-view (FOV) larger than 3' x 3'. The NIRSpec will be the first spectrograph in space that has this capability. Targets in the Field of View are normally selected by opening groups of shutters in a micro-shutter array (MSA) to form multiple apertures.

NIRSpec will address all of the four main JWST science themes, and much more. It will enable large spectroscopic surveys of faint galaxies at high redshift, obtain sensitive spectra of transiting exoplanets and image line emission from protoplanetary disks and protostars. NIRSpec is being built for the European Space Agency (ESA) by the Airbus Group.
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Produced Video Snap Shot of the Webb Telescope's NIRSpec instrument arrival at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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B-roll selects of the NIRSpec instrument arrival at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and shipping container opening in the clean room.

Credits

Michael McClare (HTSI): Video Editor
Michael McClare (HTSI): Producer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Videographer
Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM): Videographer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST

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Astrophysics B-Roll

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Spectograph
SVS >> Goddard Space Flight Center
SVS >> Cleanroom
SVS >> Spectroscopy
SVS >> Webb Telescope
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe