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.
The Apollo-Soyuz mission occurred in July, 1975. In addition to
the manned mission objectives of international space cooperation,
testing universal docking systems, etc., Apollo-Soyuz carried a number
of scientific instruments.
The U.S. portion of the mission carried a proportional counter system
sensitive to 0.18-0.28 and 0.6-10.0 keV X-rays. The total effective area
was 0.1 sq-m, and there was a 4.5 degree FWHM circular field of view.
Results from this experiment included the discovery of soft X-ray emission
from the supernova remnant MSH 14-63 and of rapid pulsations (0.716 s) from
the binary SMC X-1. Due to the (comparatively) short duration of the
Apollo-Soyuz mission, little other science of note was done with the
proportional counter system. In addition, the detector had a moderately
high background level that steadily increased through the duration of the
mission until almost no X-ray sources were discernible. The cause of the
background problems remains unknown.
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.
