Science Projects Branch

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.

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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)

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Science Project Updates

NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Helps Researchers Maximize “Microquasar” Findings

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On 1/16/24, NASA posted “NASA’s IXPE Helps Researchers Maximize ‘Microquasar’ Findings” (https://www.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasas-ixpe-helps-researchers-maximize-microquasar-findings/).  The posting, coinciding with publication of the Astrophysical Journal Letters article, includes combined images from IXPE, Chandra, XMM-Newton, infrared, and radio observatories. The microquasar in question – Stephenson…

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