The X-Ray & Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) at Marshall Space Flight Center is the world’s largest x-ray optic calibration facility and NASA’s premier cryogenic optical test facility. Built specifically to calibrate the Chandra telescope, the facility contributed to several other x-ray missions until 2005 when it became dedicated to normal incidence optical testing at cryogenic temperatures. Recently the facility’s x-ray test capability has been returned to service and updated. New beam monitors, focal plane detectors, and test article and instrument positioning systems have been added. The x-ray data acquisition system has been updated. A real-time position monitoring metrology system is being developed that will enable calibration of large diameter optics via partial illumination in a diverging beam. The newly expanded x-ray test capabilities of the facility will be discussed.


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    Title :

    Capability Improvements at Marshall Space Flight Center's X-Ray and Cryogenic Facility


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    Conference:

    SPIE Optics and Photonics ; 2023 ; San Diego, CA, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English