HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.

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The COS-B Satellite

artist concept of COS-B in orbit

The ESA mission COS-B, along with NASA’s SAS-2, provided the first detailed views of the Universe in Gamma-rays. COS-B carried a single large experiment, the Gamma-Ray Telescope, which was responsibility of a group of European research laboratories know as the Caravane Collaboration. Launched on the 9 August 1975, COS-B was originally projected to last two years, but it operated successfully for 6 years and 8 months. It provided the first complete map of the Galaxy in gamma-rays.

Mission Characteristics

* Lifetime : 9 Aug 1975 - 25 April 1982
* Energy Range : 2 keV - 5 GeV
* Payload :
  • Magnetic-core, wire-matrix, spark chamber gamma-ray detector (~30 MeV-5 GeV), eff. area 50 cm2 at 400 MeV
  • a 2-12 keV proportional counter mounted on the side of the gamma-ray detector
* Science Highlights:
  • Observations of gamma-ray pulsars, binary systems.
  • Gamma-ray map of the Galaxy.
  • Detailed observations of the GEMINGA gamma-ray pulsar.
* Archive : HEASARC hosts raw data, image and exposure maps from the gamma-ray detector
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HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.