Oct 18 1996
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
NASA announced the completion of a major benchmark in the development of its Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), as engineers completed the delicate task of assembling the high-resolution, cylindrical mirrors needed for the facility's telescope. Engineers aligned and cemented the mirrors into place at the facility in Rochester, New York. Unlike optical telescopes, the AXAF used a series of shallow mirrors shaped like cylindrical cones to produce its image. AXAF's mirrors were the largest set of such mirrors ever constructed.
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