36.255 US Black Brant IX was launched from White Sands Missile Range, NM on November 2, 2012. The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) sounding rocket tests the fabrication and function of focusing optics for solar hard X-ray observations in the 5—15 keV energy range. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Sam Krucker/University of California @ Berkeley.

For more information about the FOXSI mission, please see:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sounding-rockets/news/xray-scope.html

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