XRISM

X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission

active Mission

NASA is partnering with JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) on the XRISM mission to study celestial objects that emit X-rays. The mission will investigate big cosmic questions like how the largest structures in the universe came to be, what happens to matter under extreme gravitational force, and how high-energy particle jets work.

Type

Space telescope

Launched

Sept. 6, 2023

Wavelength

X-rays

Launch site

Tanegashima, Japan
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