Universe
ID: 13819
A turntable animation of Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).
The Mid-infrared Instrument has both a camera and a spectrograph that sees light in the mid-infrared region of the region of the electromagnetic spectrum, with wavelengths that are longer than our eye sees.
MIRI was built by the MIRI Consortium, a group that consists of scientists and engineers from European countries, a team from the Jet Propulsion Lab in California, and scientists from several U.S. institutions.
The nominal operating temperature for MIRI is 7K. This level of cooling cannot be attained using the passive cooling provided by Thermal Management Subsystem. Webb carries an innovative "cryocooler" that is dedicated to cooling MIRI's detectors. Instead, there is a two-step process: A Pulse Tube precooler gets the instrument down to 18K; and a Joule-Thomson Loop heat exchanger knocks it down to 7K.
MIRI Instrument Turntable Animation
The Mid-infrared Instrument has both a camera and a spectrograph that sees light in the mid-infrared region of the region of the electromagnetic spectrum, with wavelengths that are longer than our eye sees.
MIRI was built by the MIRI Consortium, a group that consists of scientists and engineers from European countries, a team from the Jet Propulsion Lab in California, and scientists from several U.S. institutions.
The nominal operating temperature for MIRI is 7K. This level of cooling cannot be attained using the passive cooling provided by Thermal Management Subsystem. Webb carries an innovative "cryocooler" that is dedicated to cooling MIRI's detectors. Instead, there is a two-step process: A Pulse Tube precooler gets the instrument down to 18K; and a Joule-Thomson Loop heat exchanger knocks it down to 7K.
Credits
Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Lead Producer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Jonathan North (USRA): Lead Animator
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA): Animator
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Jonathan North (USRA): Lead Animator
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (USRA): Animator
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Instrument
SVS >> Spacecraft
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Webb Telescope
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM)
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13819
Mission:
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Instrument
SVS >> Spacecraft
SVS >> JWST
SVS >> Webb Telescope
SVS >> James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM)
SVS >> MIRI
SVS >> Animation
