Category Archives: NEID Hardware

NEID Passes Operational Readiness Review

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Paul M Robertson

It’s been a long time coming! As of this writing, it has been almost exactly five years since NEID was selected as the design for the extremely precise radial velocity instrument to be developed through NASA and the NSF’s joint … Continue reading →

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NEID Team Receives NASA Group Achievement Award

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Paul M Robertson

This week, the NEID instrument team was recognized by NASA with the Group Achievement Award, which is presented to groups who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to NASA’s mission. The award citation to the NEID team is: “For the … Continue reading →

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Alignment, Integration and Verification (AI&V) has begun!

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Emily Lubar

After many months of careful coating and testing, all of NEID’s optical components have arrived safely at Penn State. For the instrument team, this means it’s go time. We’ve begun the process of adding optics to the instrument while our … Continue reading →

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The NEID spectrograph – Optical Fiber Train

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Shubham Kanodia

Optical fibers are thin waveguides made of glass and are used for transportation of light. Widely used in the telecommunication industry, in the 1980s they started to be used in astronomy to couple light from the telescope focus to highly … Continue reading →

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Under Construction Already!

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Paul M Robertson

It has been a busy summer for NEID and its team. Now that the project has officially started, there are many tasks that must be done in a short amount of time. Plans must be made, parts must be ordered, … Continue reading →