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Adjustable Grazing for x-Ray Optics (AGxO)

Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)

Description

The ultimate goal of the Project, "Adjustable grazing-incidence X-ray optics with 0.5-arcsecond resolution", is to develop adjustable lightweight X-ray optics, in order to enable large-area high-resolution X-ray telescopes for a future NASA mission.

Details

Technology areaSensors and Instruments > Observatories > Mirror Systems
ProgramGame Changing Development (GCD)
Lead organizationMarshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Start date2014-09-29
End date2015-09-29

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