Global Mapping of the Interstellar Medium in the Far Ultraviolet

Martin, Christopher

In early 1993, funding for the NUVIEWS experiment was initiated. The experiment was completed and delivered to Wallops Flight Facility in March 1996, where it has completed flight integration and testing successfully. We feel that the three year development time was too long by a year, and that the history deserves some explanation. The construction of four complete four-mirror telescope systems with unique multilayer coatings, superpolished aspheres, and four large-format, high-resolution microchannel-plate detectors required a substantial effort. Our original design included only three telescopes, but we added a fourth 18 months ago to ensure rejection of all potential contaminating line features. A six-month SMEX Definition study in 1994 required substantial efforts by key personnel. There was great synergy here: the four NUVIEWS detectors are prototypes for the SMEX UV-survey mission (JUNO). In 1993, the Principal Investigator C. Martin took a position at Caltech. The transition of the laboratory from Columbia to Caltech was unfortunately timed and led to more delays, including an additional laboratory move and calibration tank/clean room reconstruction. Following the May NUVIEWS launch, the laboratory move to Caltech will be complete.

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19970028921

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Wallops Flight Facility

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September 6, 2013

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January 1, 1997

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97N27638

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