The SPIRE Instrument and its Scientific Legacy

Matt Griffin, Cardiff University

30 Years of Innovation in Space Science: A Tribute to Bruce Swinyard RAL 5, 6 April 2016

1997

The SPIRE Consortium Canada China France Italy Spain Sweden UK USA

Italian

American

French

British

Canadian

The SPIRE Logo Competition

0.3-K Cooler

Some SPIRE Subsystems

Detector Array Module

Beam Steering Mechanism

FTS Scan Mechanism

0.3-K Cooler

Bolometer

NGC0628 250 µm

Herschel & XMM BBC Stargazing Live

Andromeda

R. Gendler

Andromeda

ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/PACS/HELGA

ESA