Science and Exploration

Webb Telescope’s NIRISS Has Returned to Science Operations

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
NASA
January 31, 2023
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Webb Telescope’s NIRISS Has Returned to Science Operations
James Webb Space Telescope

After experiencing a timeout during operations on January 15, NIRISS observations were paused to conduct a number of tests.

These established that the instrument hardware is in good health, and NIRISS was recovered on January 27. Following a successful test observation, the instrument resumed normal science observations on January 30.

Observations that were impacted by the pause in NIRISS operations will be rescheduled.

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