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First Instrument for JWST Completed & Handed Over to NASA

After more than ten years of work by more than 200 scientists and engineers, the MIRI instrument, which will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope (successor to the Hubble Space Telescope) is ready to ...
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NASA Reveals First Instruments Human Hands Will Directly Install on the Moon in 2026

As things stand today, the Artemis III Moon mission is scheduled to depart sometime in 2026. For all intents and purposes, it is perhaps the most important test of the program this decade, because it ...
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NASA Reveals The First Instruments It'll Send To Gateway Outpost

On Thursday, NASA revealed the first instruments it plans to ship off to the future Gateway outpost that'll work to support the Artemis lunar missions. NASA refers to the instruments as 'scientific ...
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First JWST Instrument Handed Over to NASA

The James Webb Space Telescope’s first completed instrument — the European-built Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) — was formally handed over to NASA during a May 9 ceremony in London. “MIRI is the ...