High-Energy Astronomy From The International Space Station

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Nov 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001em%26p...87..149p&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 87, Issue 3, p. 149-157 (1999).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Cosmic Rays, Space Station, X-Ray Astronomy, Cosmic Rays, Space Station, X-Ray Astronomy

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The European Space Agency, ESA, is currently studying 3 high-energy astronomy missions that use the International Space Station (ISS). These are Lobster-ISS, an all-sky imaging X-ray monitor, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) which will study the highest energy cosmic rays by using the Earth's atmosphere as a giant detector and XEUS — the X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy Mission, a potential successor to ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. These first 2 missions will he attached to the external platforms on the Columbus module, while XEUS will visit the ISS to attach additional X-ray mirrors to enlarge the original 4.5 m diameter mirrors to the 10 m diameter required to observed redshifted iron lines from massive black holes in the early Universe.

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