Science Projects
The dedicated team at the Science Projects Branch provides oversight and support to numerous, cutting-edge, research projects and science teams across the Division. In addition to the projects listed below, they also manage the Chandra X-ray Observatory Program.
Earth Science
- SERVIR
Astrophysics
- Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
- Lynx X-ray Observatory
Optical Telescopes
- Predictive Thermal Control (PTC)
- Segmented Mirror Technology Program (SMPT)
Heliophysics
- Full sun Ultraviolet Rocket Spectrometer (FURST),
- Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer, (MaGIXS)
- Hinode
- Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (SPORT)
- Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter (CLASP)
- Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter (CLASP 2)
- High-Resolution Coronal imager (Hi-C) Flare
The Chandra X-ray Center (CXC) conducted a virtual peer review in the last weeks of June of proposals submitted for the twenty-fourth cycle of general observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Observing proposals were reviewed by topical review panels. A …
Chandra’s latest discovery titled “Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers” was included in the 7/13/22 edition of the Marshall Star. For more information visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/star/star220713.html#three.
Chandra issued a press/image release on 6/30/22, “Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers”. Astronomers have gauged how fast a supermassive black hole is spinning inside a quasar 3.4 billion light years away. Using Chandra data, they …
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Chandra issued an image and press release, “G292.0+1.8: NASA’s Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-ray Speed Trap”, on June 15, 2022. A pulsar is racing through the debris of an exploded star at a speed over a million miles per hour.To …
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On 7/6/22 the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center community relations team set up exhibits, including a new Chandra exhibit, at the Rocket City Trash Panda’s minor league baseball game. Over 2500 spectators attended the game with several hundred stopping by …