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 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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Shelia Nash-Stevenson (ST14) was honored as one of the 2022 Women Who Shape the State by the This is Alabama organization. She was featured in an interview and video on their website at: https://www.thisisalabama.org/women-who-shape-the-state/.
Shelia Nash-Stevenson, along with Alphonse Sterling (ST13), participated in the 2022 Youth Motivation Task Force Outreach Program (YMTF) at Alabama A&M University (AAMU) virtually as a Consultant Team Lead. The YMTF program provides an opportunity for professionals from various backgrounds …
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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 …
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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