IRIS Instrument Ready for Integration

The telescope for NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is seen on a bench at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto, where it was designed and built. The telescope is currently undergoing integration with the IRIS spacecraft bus. The IRIS instrument is a multi-channel imaging spectrograph with a 20 cm (8ft) UV telescope. Credit: LMSAL