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Collection Creator::
Giacconi, Riccardo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of materials relating to the proposed foundation of a National X-Ray Astronomy Institute. The series contains correspondence and proposals relating to the foundation of the Institute. The X-Ray Astronomy Institute was supposed to be similar in function to the Space Telescope Science Institute but directing the efforts of various orbiting x-ray astronomy satellites such as Einstein (HEAO-B) and AXAF. The proposed institute never made it past the discussion phase.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7416, Riccardo Giacconi Papers
Identifier:
Record Unit 7416, Series 16
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Riccardo Giacconi Papers
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
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