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MIRI Cryogenic Performance Testing


Date: 16 November 2007
Satellite: JWST
Depicts: MIRI verification model ready to go into the cryo test chamber
Location: RAL, Oxfordshire, UK
Copyright: MIRI European Consortium/RAL

The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) verification model is fully assembled and ready for undergoing its cryogenic performance test at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire. This image shows the fully assembled instrument installed on the test rig, ready to go into the cryo test chamber.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
12-Feb-2026 22:43 UT

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