DXS (Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer)An instrument built by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and flown as an attached payload on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-54), Jan. 13–19, 1993. Its main goal was to obtain spectra of the diffuse soft X-ray background in the energy range 0.15–0.28 keV. Related entry X-ray satellitesAlso on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History |