VETA-I X-ray Detection System (VXDS)

The VETA-I X-ray Detection System, or VXDS, was designed, developed, integrated and operated by SAO at the MSFC X-ray Calibration Facility in Huntsville, Alabama.  The VXDS provided scientists with the tools and capability to measure the x-ray performance of the Verification Engineering Test Article-I (VETA-I) mirrors and verify performance as required by congress before additional funding would be approved in 1991.

For an overview of AXAF, its history and VETA-I background, please read Dr. Martin Zombeck's paper.

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"VETA-I X-ray Detection System"