The XRISM project initiated by JAXA4 Sep 2018JAXA has established the project team for X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM, pronounced "Krizzem"). XRISM (formerly the X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission, XARM) will recover the high resolution spectroscopic capabilities of Astro-H (Hitomi). During the Project Initiation Review held in June 2018, JAXA confirmed that all aspects of project implementation, including the management structure, funding and personnel plan development schedule, and risk mitigation system are all satisfactory, and that the necessary countermeasures for the ASTRO-H anomaly recurrence prevention are in place. JAXA officially established the project team on 2018 July 1. XRISM is scheduled for launch during Japanese Fiscal Year 2022 (April 2022-March 2023). |
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.
- HEASARC Director: Dr. Andy Ptak
- NASA Official: Dr. Andy Ptak
- Web Curator: J.D. Myers
- Last Modified: 1-Feb-2021