On September 21st, 2013, the High Energy Replicated Optics to Explore the Sun, or HEROES, balloon-borne x-ray telescope launched from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility's site in Ft. Sumner, NM. The flight lasted for ∼27 hours and the observational targets included the Sun and astrophysical sources GRS 1915+105 and the Crab Nebula. Over the past year, the HEROES team upgraded the existing High Energy Replicated Optics (HERO) balloon-borne telescope to make unique scientific measurements of the Sun and astrophysical targets during the same flight. The HEROES Project is a multi-NASA Center effort with team members at both Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and is led by Co-PIs (one at each Center). The HEROES payload consists of the hard X-ray telescope HERO, developed at MSFC, combined with several new systems. To allow the HEROES telescope to make observations of the Sun, a new solar aspect system was added to supplement the existing star camera for fine pointing during both the day and night. A mechanical shutter was added to the star camera to protect it during solar observations and two alignment monitoring systems were added for improved pointing and post-flight data reconstruction. This mission was funded by the NASA HOPE (Hands-On Project Experience) Training Opportunity awarded by the NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership, in partnership with NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Office of the Chief Engineer and Office of the Chief Technologist.


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    Titel :

    High Energy Replicated Optics to Explore the Sun balloon-borne telescope: Astrophysical pointing


    Beteiligte:
    Gaskin, Jessica (Autor:in) / Wilson-Hodge, Colleen (Autor:in) / Ramsey, Brian (Autor:in) / Apple, Jeff (Autor:in) / Dietz, Kurt (Autor:in) / Tennant, Allyn (Autor:in) / Swartz, Douglas (Autor:in) / Christe, Steven (Autor:in) / Shih, Albert (Autor:in)

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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.03.2014


    Format / Umfang :

    1613373 byte




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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