# The QWIP Detector; an Infrared Instrument

This video shows the evolution of taking the Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) from inception, to testing on the ground and from a plane, and ultimately to a NASA science mission.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Genres: Science, Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_QWIP_Detector;_an_Infrared_Instrument.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/20716934?play=1)