The space observatory launches into space with equipment developed and built at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
The mission of the James Webb Space Telescope has been successful so far. After the launch in December 2021, the journey to the observation site in the so-called Lagrange point L2 and a callibration and test phase lasting several months, James Webb will now its delivering the first images. On board technical components developed and built at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg. Among them is a filter wheel that turns the Webb Telescope’s MIRI camera into a scientific instrument with which astronomers hope to answer some of the most pressing questions in space research. ...
