2000 SPACE SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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Tape Title | Record ID | Date Produced | TRT: |
Synopsis |
| ASTRO-E TO USHER IN GOLDEN ERA OF X-RAY ASTRONOMY | G00-011 | 02/02/00 | 00:03:48 | Astro-E, the Japanese-U.S. X-ray will showcase an entirely new technology in X-ray detection that will not only serve as a test bed for future missions but will also earn the distinction of being the coldest known object in space. |
TAPE CONTENTS: |
| ITEM (1): ASTRO-E SPACECRAFT - Astro-E's targets include clusters of galaxies; supermassive black holes; neutron stars; supernova remnants; stellar coronae of stars 10,000-times more active than our Sun; and a study of the history of how chemicals are made throughout the Universe.
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| ITEM (2): ASTRO-E TEAMS UP WITH CHANDRA - Astro-E is primarily a spectroscopy mission, which means the satellite's instruments will study the "colors" of X-ray light, much like a prism breaks visible light into the colors of the rainbow. Whereas the recently launched Chandra X-ray Observatory (shown in this animation) excels in producing X-ray images, Astro-E excels in producing spectra. In this regard, Astro-E complements Chandra, analyzing the light that Chandra sees and determining the temperature, velocity and composition of the gas producing those X-rays.
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| ITEM (3): INTERVIEW EXCERPTS WITH DR. STEPHEN HOLT, ASTRO-E PROJECT SCIENTIST, NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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