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X-ray astronomy experiments from sounding rocketsDuring the past fourteen years, the M.I.T. X-ray Astronomy sounding rocket group has designed, fabricated, and flown five different scientific sounding rocket payloads. These experiment payloads were launched on a total of twelve sounding rocket flights of which only one failed because of rocket problems. Eight of these flights yielded astronomical data that resulted in a total of twelve publications. The bulk of this research was supported by NASA Grant NGR 22-009-730 X-Ray Astronomy Experiments Sounding Rockets. The fifth and final experiment payload conceived and built under this Grant (the Wide Field Soft X-ray Camera: WFSXC) served as the prototype for the British Wide Field Camera (WFC) experiment to be launched on the ROSAT mission. The five experiment payloads and the results obtained from these experiments are briefly described. In the case of the WFSXC, which served principally as an engineering prototype for a major space mission, a number of papers written by British collaborators which describe the ROSAT Wide Field Camera are presented.
Document ID
19870007286
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Rappaport, Saul (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
January 30, 1987
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:180112
NASA-CR-180112
Accession Number
87N16719
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-22-009-730
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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