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26 September 2013 The high energy replicated optics to explore the sun mission: a hard x-ray balloon-borne telescope
Steven D. Christe, Albert Shih, Marcello Rodriguez, Alex Cramer, Kyle Gregory, Melissa Edgerton, Jessica Gaskin, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Jeff Apple, Katherine Stevenson Chavis, Amanda Jackson, Leigh Smith, Kurt Dietz, Brian O'Connor, Alex Sobey, Heather Koehler, Brian Ramsey
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Set to fly in the Fall of 2013 from Ft. Sumner, NM, the High Energy Replicated Optics to Explore the Sun (HEROES) mission is a collaborative effort between the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the Goddard Space Flight Center to upgrade an existing payload, the High Energy Replicated Optics (HERO) balloon-borne telescope, to make unique scientific measurements of the Sun and astrophysical targets during the same flight. The HEROES science payload consists of 8 mirror modules, housing a total of 109 grazing-incidence optics. These modules are mounted on a carbon-fiber and Aluminum optical bench 6 m from a matching array of high pressure xenon gas scintillation proportional counters, which serve as the focal-plane detectors. The HEROES gondola utilizes a differential GPS system (backed by a magnetometer) for coarse pointing in the azimuth and a shaft angle encoder plus inclinometer provides the coarse elevation. The HEROES payload will incorporate a new solar aspect system to supplement the existing star camera, for fine pointing during both the day and night. The overall payload will be discussed as well as the new solar aspect system. This mission is funded by the NASA HOPE (Hands On Project Experience) Training Opportunity awarded by the NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership, in partnership with NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Office of the Chief Engineer and Office of the Chief Technologist.
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Steven D. Christe, Albert Shih, Marcello Rodriguez, Alex Cramer, Kyle Gregory, Melissa Edgerton, Jessica Gaskin, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Jeff Apple, Katherine Stevenson Chavis, Amanda Jackson, Leigh Smith, Kurt Dietz, Brian O'Connor, Alex Sobey, Heather Koehler, and Brian Ramsey "The high energy replicated optics to explore the sun mission: a hard x-ray balloon-borne telescope", Proc. SPIE 8862, Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation V, 886206 (26 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024323
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KEYWORDS
Sun

Cameras

Sensors

Solar energy

Stars

Electrons

Space telescopes

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