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Assembly of Demonstration Model for X-IFU’s camera is now complete

SRON is responsible for building the camera for the X-IFU imaging spectrometer onboard the NewAthena X-ray space telescope. A latest […]

WFEE Demonstration Model delivered to CNES

The Warm Front-End Electronics (WFEE) Demonstrator Model was delivered to CNES on November 6, 7 and 8, 2023. Supply of the WFEE has been the responsibility of the Astroparticle and Cosmology (APC) laboratory.

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Virtual Consortium Meeting #17 took place from November 20th to 22nd

From November 20 to 22, 178 men and women gathered online for the 17th meeting of the X-IFU consortium.

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Congratulations to Florent Castellani who defended his thesis

Congratulations to Florent CASTELLANI who defended his thesis entitled “Study of the scientific and instrumental performances of Athena’s X-Ray Integral Field Unit”, on Friday November 17, 2023 at IRAP. 

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Go-ahead for Athena

On Wednesday November 8, 2023, ESA’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) formally and unanimously approved the restart of industrial studies for the Athena mission, still considered as a flagship mission.

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Tribute to our colleague Graziella Branduardi-Raymont

Our colleague Graziella Branduardi-Raymont – Member of the Athena/X-IFU Science Advisory Team – passed away unexpectedly last week.

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Consortium meeting #16

The X-IFU Consortium meeting #16 will take place in Toulouse on June 19th-23rd in hybrid format. It will provide the […]

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The New X-IFU Configuration

Following the necessity to bring the ESA Cost at Completion below €1.3 billion, the Athena mission and the X-IFU have entered a reformulation phase in 2022.

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Happy Holidays & Happy New Year 2023!

2022 was a rather intense year for X-IFU with the unanticipated effects of the cost overrun of the Athena mission. […]

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A virtual X-IFU Consortium Meeting #15

A New X-IFU has arrived! From 29 November to 1st December, 186 women and men gathered online for the 15th X-IFU Consortium […]

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The X-IFU Gazette #22 has been released!

Welcome to the 22nd issue of the X-IFU Gazette! In this issue, the X-IFU Project Manager, Vincent Albouys, gives us […]

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Investigating the building blocks of the Universe in X-rays

Image credit: © ESO The astronomer Carl Sagan once said: “We are made of stardust”. This is, to a large […]

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Detecting X-rays at IRAP

The test platform developed by IRAP and CNES in Toulouse is a key element of the demonstration of the detection […]

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