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For release: 04/26/04
Release #: N04-004
A two-story-high space telescope experiment will be available for photographs and video by media representatives at the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Ala. The telescope contains a set of unique X-ray mirrors that will capture X-ray images of celestial objects. Its launch is set for mid- to late-May. News media interested in covering the event Wednesday at 10 a.m. and interviewing NASA scientists leading the mission should contact Steve Roy.
Photo: The telescope will be launched by a 40-million-cubic-foot balloon, as in a similar experiment in 2001. (NASA/MSFC)
What: A two-story-high space telescope experiment and the NASA employees leading the mission will be available for photographs, video and interviews Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Ala. Under assembly in the NSSTC's high-bay area, the High Energy Replicated Optics telescope, or "HERO," contains unique X-ray mirrors that will capture X-ray images of celestial objects.
Set for launch mid- to late-May 2004, from Fort Sumner, N.M., a 40-million-cubic-foot balloon will carry the experiment to an altitude of 128,000 feet — above 99.7 percent of Earth's atmosphere. During a similar experiment in 2001, the same team obtained the world's first focused, high-energy X-ray images of any astronomical object.
Who: Dr. Brian Ramsey and Jeff Apple, the experiment's lead scientist and lead engineer, both of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
When: Wednesday, April 28
Interview, photography and video opportunities available 10-11:30 a.m. CDT
Where: The National Space Science and Technology Center
320 Sparkman Drive in Huntsville
Located in Cummings Research Park, on Sparkman Drive between Bradford Drive and Lakeside Drive
To attend: News media interested in covering the event should contact Steve Roy of the Marshall Media Relations Department at (256) 544-0034.
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