Hubble's successor one step closer to completion
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 14:35
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A working replica of MIRI - the pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope - has just been shipped (16th March) from the Science and Technology Facilities Council`s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Centre, bringing the Webb Telescope one small step closer to embarking on its journey into space where it will produce the sharpest images yet of the farthest depths of the cosmos.