The Astrophysics Division (APD) of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) convened a 2022 Senior Review Panel and facilitated a review panel “visit”, via Google Meet, with the Chandra X-ray Observatory mission, from April 5-7, 2022; Chandra is one of many …
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On March 28, 2022, Kim Arcand of Chandra Outreach presented to the Veterans Affairs Southeastern Blind Rehab Center (via NASA Speaker Bureau request and MSFC event organization) a 1-hour webinar entitled “What Happens When Vision, Science and Technology Merge.” Arcand …
On March 25, 2022, the Chandra X-ray Observatory mission shared an exhibit booth with Stennis Space Center at the Columbus AFB & STEM Expo, “Wings Over Columbus Airshow” located in Columbus, MS. The booth was manned by the acting STEM …
Chandra issued an image and press release on March 14, 2022, “Tiny Star Unleashes Gargantuan Beam of Matter and Antimatter”. A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles. Data from …
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On March 10, 2022, a Chandra entitled “Create Your Own Homunculus Nebula with Chandra and Hubble” was released in the NASA STEM Newsletter. This newsletter was sent to 56,543 subscribers and shared with the office of STEM engagements social media tools …
The 19th High Energy Astrophysics Division meeting took place in Pittsburgh, PA from March 13-17, 2002. Several members of the Relativistic Astrophysics team attended in person and spoke on various missions: Michelle Hui (ST12) presented the MoonBEAM and StarBurst missions …
Michelle Hui and Colleen Wilson-Hodge (ST12) spoke about the Wide-Field Monitor (WFM) in a video describing the Spectroscopic Time Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X), an X-ray probe mission concept. This video was presented at the High Energy Astrophysics …
Nicholas Thomas presented a poster at the 19th Divisional Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. The poster, entitled The Marshall 100-Meter X-ray Beamline Facility, presented current and upgraded test capabilities of the Marshall 100-Meter …
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Colleen Wilson-Hodge (ST12) has been named to the Standing Review Board as Instrument Specialist for the recently selected Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) Small Explorer Mission.
Chandra issued an image release on February 28, 2022 and a press release on March 2, 2022, “The Unfolding Story of Kilonova Told in X-rays”. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory continues to study GW170817, a neutron star merger that produced gravitational …
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