Chandra Controllers Ponder 'Bakeout' To Clear CCD Filter
DEFOGGER Controllers on NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory mission are considering a "bakeout" to clear an instrument that has become fogged by the breakdown of lubricant in the spacecraft. The Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer has lost about 40% of its sensitivity to low-energy X-rays because of a...
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