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1997 News Archive

December 31, 1997
FST selected

Facility Science Team Selected; First Meeting in late February 1998

December 5, 1997
Breakthrough in Hard X-ray Imaging

First 30 keV image from a focusing X-ray telescope released

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+ View GIF image
+ View PS image
+ View TIFF image

October 15, 1997
NASA/GSFC Request for Proposals (RFPs)
  • Constellation (formerly HTXS) Hard X-ray Telescope Technology Development
  • Constellation CCD/Grating System or Equivalent Technology Development
  • Constellation X-ray Calorimeter or Equivalent

+ Read Statement of Work

June 1997
HTXS selected

HTXS Selected as New Mission to be Proposed for FY2004 New Start at Space Science Enterprise Strategic Planning Workshop.


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