James Webb Team Continues Multi-Instrument Alignment Process

NASA has just posted a blog updating the public on what the Webb team is currently up to. Webb’s engineers are still in the process of aligning the telescope, which is expected to be completed by May, if not sooner.

Concept art of James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA

NASA’s update brings the news that Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is still in cooldown mode. MIRI will be the coldest of Webb’s four…