NASA's MIRI Instrument Gets Clean Bill of Health
Contamination control engineers conducted a "receiving inspection" of the
James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (or MIRI) in the
giant clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. and gave it
a clean bill of health after its transatlantic journey from the U.K.
Jose Lorenzo, MIRI Instrument Manager/onsite European Space Agency
representative (in the blue hood) is shown holding a flashlight. Standing
beside him (wearing a white hood) is Eve Wooldridge, NASA Goddard
engineer. As part of the standard receiving inspection, they are looking for
the tiniest traces of dust or contamination which would have to be remedied
because cleanliness is a priority for such a sensitive instrument. Two other
engineers appear in the back left. For more information about the Webb
telescope, visit: www.jwst.nasa.gov. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn