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
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 …
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-site visit by Moog CSA Engineering occurred 5/3-5/22 for the operational health assessment of the Center of Curvature Optical Bench (CoCOB) hexapod. Activities included visual inspections, power-on and execution of homing procedures to test the hexapod range, accuracy and resolution …
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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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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