Nicholas Thomas (ST12/LEXI Co-Investigator), Wayne Baumgartner (ST12), and Stephen Cheney (ES23) hosted and participated in the successful, full telescope, calibration of the LEXI at the Marshall 100-Meter X-ray Beamline/Stray Light Test Facility. LEXI’s Principle Investigator, Boston University’s Professor Brian Walsh, …
The Advanced Neutron Spectrometer on the ISS (ANS-ISS) completed neutron measurements in Node2 and was relocated to the USLab. Operations in the USLab will continue through May 2023. These operations will complete the primary and secondary objectives of this TechDemo …
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On 6/2/22, a Chandra Public Outreach product entitled “Explore Black Holes with Multiple Senses” was featured in the NASA STEM Newsletter. This newsletter was sent to 56,842 subscribers and shared with the office of STEM engagements social media tools with …
Chandra issued an image release and press release on 5/12/22, “Sagittarius A*: NASA Telescopes Support Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in Studying Milky Way’s Black Hole.” Multiple telescopes, including Chandra, observed the Milky Way’s giant black hole simultaneously with the Event …
Chandra issued an image release on 5/4/22, “New NASA Black Hole Sonification’s with a Remix”. Two new sonification’s of well-known black holes have been released for NASA’s Black Hole Week. The Perseus galaxy cluster was made famous because of sound …
Neutron Measurements on the Lunar Surface (NMLS) is a project to deliver an instrument manifested on Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine Lander Mission One, to be launched on the new ULA Vulcan Centaur, landing on the Lacus Mortis plateau (44oN, 25oE). Astrobotic …
Chandra issued an image release and press release on April 20, 2022, “Black Holes Raze Thousands of Stars to Fuel Growth”, a new survey of over 100 galaxies uncovering signs that black holes are demolishing thousands of stars in a …
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On April 23, 2022, members of the Chandra X-ray Observatory project at MSFC staffed an exhibit tent in support of the NASA Student Launch Challenge of 2022. The event was held at Bragg’s Farm in Toney, AL and hosted over …
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The Director and Deputy Director of NASA’s Astrophysics Division visited from HQ May 14th to meet with Center Leadership, ST10, the scientists of ST12, and tour MSFC’s world-class optics testing and calibration facilities, the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) and …
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Chandra issued an image and press release on March 31, 2022, “Spiderweb Galaxy Field: Fasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb”. To look for black holes around the “Spiderweb” galaxy, astronomers observed for over 8 days with NASA’s Chandra X-ray …
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