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Title

XQC Sounding Rocket experiment:

Description

The sounding rocket took 15 minute flights to 240 km altitude and would land by parachute. This is the first test of the microcalorimeter in space.

Subject

  • X-ray Quantum Calorimeter (XQC)
  • Rocket
  • Launch Vehicle

Credits

NASA/GSFC/University of Wisconsin-Madison

Type

Photographic

Associated Lesson

X-ray Tools

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Grant Nos. NNX09AD33G and NNX10AE80G issued through the SMD ROSES 2009 Program.

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