Program archive
High-energy astrophysics is explored here through 4 archived missions, from Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer through Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
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4 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 0 launch systems and shared hardware records.
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observatory was a about 9,487 pounds (4,303 kilograms) high-energy observatory operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with the U.
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory observatory was a about 3,250 pounds (1,470 kilograms) high-energy observatory operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Pennsylvania State University and international partners.
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array observatory was a about 772 pounds (350 kilograms) high-energy observatory operated by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology.
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observatory was a about 7,055 pounds (3,200 kilograms) high-energy observatory operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California, San Diego.