Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) Featured on the Science Mission Directorate’s Share the Science Website

The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Share the Science website featured the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) in an article entitled: “Unlocking the Sun’s X-rays.”

NASA built the MaGIXS sounding rocket instrument to acquire the first-ever high-resolution spectrally and spatially resolved X-ray observations of the solar atmosphere in the soft X-ray wavelength range.  MaGIXS was launched on 7/30/21 and successfully observed spatially and spectrally resolved X-ray spectra.  MaGIXS captured parts of the two targeted active regions and the team was able to spatially separate several structures.  Several high-temperature spectral lines have been positively identified in these regions. MaGIXS team members are currently processing the flight data and expect several science publications to result from this data set. The Project Lead was Amy Winebarger (ST13).

Read the article at: https://science.nasa.gov/technology/technology-highlights/unlocking-the-suns-x-rays.

MaGIXS Launch Team and Sounding Rocket
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