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Mission Summary

Mission Summary Athena Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics Spatially-resolved X-ray spectroscopy and deep, wide-field X-ray spectral imaging ...

3D-printed structure of an X-ray eye

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ATHENA technical and programmatic review report

ATHENA technical and programmatic review report Publication date: 28 February 2012 Copyright: ESA Reference: SRE-PA/2011/117 L1 Mission Reformulation, ATHENA This report...

ATHENA assessment study report (Yellow Book), ESA SRE(2011)17

ATHENA assessment study report (Yellow Book), ESA SRE(2011)17 Publication date: 13 January 2012 Page: 1-126 Year: 2012 Copyright: ESA Reference: ESA/SRE(2011)17 The...

ATHENA assessment study report (Yellow Book)

ATHENA assessment study report (Yellow Book) Last Update: 1 September 2019

Statistics

Athena – Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics – will be an X-ray telescope designed to address the Cosmic Vision science theme 'The Hot and Energetic Universe'. By combining a large...

First ATHENA Science Workshop

Instruments

Instruments To achieve the mission's science objectives, Athena carries a payload capable of spatially-resolved X-ray spectroscopy and deep wide-field X-ray spectral imaging with...

Mission Operations

Mission Operations Launch readiness of Athena is planned for 2031. The mission could be launched by an Ariane 5 or another launch vehicle with equivalent lift capability and...

COSPAR 2012, event E1.7 - Beyond the continuum: X-ray line spectroscopy of compact objects

Beyond the continuum: X-ray line spectroscopy of compact objects

ATHENA poster

ATHENA poster Last Update: 1 September 2019

ATHENA technical and programmatic review report

ATHENA technical and programmatic review report Last Update: 1 September 2019

ATHENA poster

ATHENA poster Publication date: 09 February 2012 This double-sided poster summarises ATHENA, a mission devised to reveal the structure of the extreme Universe, from black holes to...

Mission Summary

Mission Summary ATHENA Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics The extremes of the Universe: from black holes to large-scale structure Themes ...

Science Objectives

Athena, the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics, is ESA's Cosmic Vision mission dedicated to probing the Hot and Energetic Universe. Planned for launch in 2031, it has three key goals:...

Silicon pore optics mirror stack

Spacecraft

Spacecraft The Athena spacecraft will have three key elements: an X-ray telescope with a focal length of 12 m and an effective area of ~1.4 m² at 1 keV two...

Athena at ESA

Athena at ESA This page provides a link to /athena

Athena builds on the legacy of ESA's high-energy space observatories

On 27 June 2014, ESA selected Athena (Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics) as the second Large (L-class) mission in its Cosmic Vision plan. If Athena is given the go-ahead for...

Athena Community Support Portal

Athena Community Support Portal This page provides a link to http://www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/ ...

History of X-ray Astronomy in Europe: From EXOSAT to Athena

The history of X-ray astronomy spans no more than a few decades. Observations in this part of the spectrum had to await the 'space era', with rocket launchers that could carry X-ray telescopes...