2 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
Evolution of JWST Contingency Payload Operations for Mitigating NIRSpec Micro-shutter Array Electrical Shorts
Katie Bechtold, Torsten Böker, David E. Franz +6
The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of four science instruments on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which began routine operations in July 2022. As JWST's p…
astro-ph.IM2022
In-flight performance of the NIRSpec Micro Shutter Array
Timothy D. Rawle, Giovanna Giardino, David E. Franz +33
The NIRSpec instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) brings the first multi-object spectrograph (MOS) into space, enabled by a programmable Micro Shutter Array (MSA) of…