@inproceedings{fe0ad33611af409591a107557e8609dc,
title = "An update on the rockets for extended-source X-ray spectroscopy",
abstract = "The Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS) are a funded series of sounding rocket instruments to detect diffuse soft X-ray emission from astrophysical sources. The first launch of tREXS is scheduled for Q4 2021, with a goal to observe the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant.TREXS house a four-channel grating spectrometer that uses passive, mechanical focusers, arrays of reflection gratings, and an extended focal plane based around Teledyne CIS 113 CMOS sensors. We present here an update on the instrument design, build, and calibrations in advance of the launch later this year.",
author = "Miles, \{Drew M.\} and Tutt, \{James H.\} and Ross McCurdy and Anderson, \{Tyler Brooks\} and Logan Baker and Fabien Grise and Christopher Hillman and Keir Hunter and Bridget Omeara and Daniel Washington and Joseph Weston and Zinski, \{Natalie M.\} and McEntaffer, \{Randall L.\}",
note = "Funding Information: The tREXS payload is supported by NASA APRA 80NSSC18K0282. Work on the design of this instrument and research into grating fabrication is supported by two NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships. The authors would like to thank the staff at Penn State{\textquoteright}s Nanofabrication Laboratory, especially Chad Eichfeld and Michael Labella, Philips SCIL Nanoimprint Solutions, and the NASA and NSROC personnel that have supported the tREXS mission. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII 2021 ; Conference date: 01-08-2021 Through 05-08-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1117/12.2594291",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Siegmund, \{Oswald H.\}",
booktitle = "UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII",
address = "United States",
}