In January, the Science Test Branch (ST15) enabled a test of a LiDAR Engineering Unit for the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1). As perhaps the longest vacuum chamber available for use by experimenters, the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility’s …
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Team members (Steve Bongiorno, Wayne Baumgartner, Nick Thomas, Jessica Gaskin, Panini Singam, and Danielle Gurgew) from the X-ray Astronomy Group (ST12) presented 6 talks and 1 poster detailing the current status of our X-ray optics modeling, fabrication, coatings, alignment and …
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Work continues on the Mirror Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) upgrades at the XRCF. Testing of the Initial Electron Impact Point Source (EIPS) high voltage power supply interface was performed on 7/13/23. This system will allow remote operation of the facility …
Work continues the Mirror Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) upgrades at the XRCF. Planning and preparations for the next Metrology Demonstration Test (MDT-2) are underway, including testing of a composite material selected for new components of the metrology system.
Work continues the Mirror Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) upgrades at the XRCF. Preparations continue for the XRCF optical axis Metrology Demonstration Test (MDT-1) with Kratos this month. Preliminary checkouts were performed on-site with Kratos personnel present to prepare for MDT-1.
Work continues on the Mirror Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) upgrades at the XRCF. XRCF engineers have approved drawings for the MGSE, clearing Moog to proceed with fabrication. Meanwhile, the MSFC Nonmetallic Materials & Space Environmental Effects Branch (EM41) is evaluating …
Nicholas Thomas, Wayne Baumgartner, Adam Kobelski (ST13), Stephen Cheney (ES-23), and C. Grant Davis (St12/UAH) hosted and participated in the successful calibration of the SmallSat Solar Activity X-ray Imager (SSAXI) at the Marshall 100-Meter X-ray Beamline/Stray Light Test Facility. SSAXI …
A GSFC-submitted JWST telescope paper has been accepted to the (Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s JWST Overview Special Issue. MSFC co-authors listed on the paper include Phil Stahl (ST10), Jeff Kegley (ST15), and Helen Cole (ST10). The …
The Rocket Experiment Demonstration of a Soft X-ray Polarimeter (REDSoX) proposal was selected and funded. REDSoX is a sounding rocket payload designed primarily to demonstrate the technology needed to measure linear X-ray polarization as a function of energy below 1 …
ATHENA MSFC XRCF and Goddard Space Flight Center Science Team successfully conducted an Engineering Peer Review (EPR) 6/8-9/22. The EPR scope was to assess the current metrology approach and design of the Mirror Assembly Module Demonstrator (MAMD) Phase III testing. …
