Chandra Users Committee CXC Manager s Status Report For

Chandra Users’ Committee CXC Manager’s Status Report For the period October 2009 – April 2010 Roger Brissenden CXC Manager 27 April 2009

Topics • Program Level Status – – – – – Program Management Spacecraft Science Instruments and Calibration Mission Planning OCC Data Processing CXCDS Chandra Director’s Office Education and Public Outreach • Mission Metrics • Chandra Grant Awards 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 2

Top Level Summary • Spacecraft and instruments are performing superbly • The CXC contract extension for up to 10 additional years was signed in December • Proposal to NASA Senior Review was submitted in February; presentation to NASA HQ was made in April 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 3

Program Level Status – CXC Organization 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 4

Program Level Status – Program Management • Budget – The CXC’s budget is on track with the FY 10 Operating Plan • CXC contract extension – Contract signed 12/31/09 – Extension provides for a base extension to 9/30/13 with two three-year options to 9/30/16 and 9/30/19 – Funding level will allow continuation of science and operations but with reduced staffing. Implications for the level of community support will be discussed in future meetings. • NASA Senior Review – Submitted proposal 2/9/10 – Presentation to Senior Review panel 4/6/10 – Panel’s recommendations expected 4/23/10 • FY 12 Operating Plan (PPBE 12) – Presented budget to NASA HQ 4/19/10 – Guidelines call for $3 M decrease in FY 11 over previous budget 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 5

Program Level Status – Program Management • Reviews and Conferences – – Einstein Fellows Symposium (10/27/09) CIAO Workshop (2/1/10) CXC Quarterly Review (3/9/10) Future Professional Communication in Astronomy II Colloquium and Summit of Information Providers in Astronomy, Astrophysics and High Energy Physics (4/13/10) 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 6

Program Level Status – Operations • Spacecraft – Continues to operate extremely well overall – Nominal passages through winter eclipse season • Science Instruments – Instruments are operating extremely well – ACIS had an unexpected Back End Processor reboot on 1/25/10. An apparent power transient to the BEP caused the reboot and erased patches in memory. Procedures executed to reload the patches and reboot the BEP. ACIS returned to normal operation. • Operations Control Center – Ground Ops Team schedule changed to two 10. 5 -hr shifts per day 1/2/10; now matches Flight Operations Team – Working on renewal of Authority to Operate for operations ground system; aim for HQ approval 7/10; deadline 9/10 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 7

Program Level Status – Operations • Mission Planning: Load-interrupting TOOs – Six load-interrupting TOOs during this period • Data Processing – Automatic processing is current; mean time from end of observation to delivery to user remains at about one day • CXC Data System Releases Version DS 8. 1. 1 DS 8. 2 CIAO 4. 2 DS 8. 2. 1 Sol-10 27 April 2010 Date 09/16/09 10/15/09 12/15/09 01/08/10 02/23/10 Main contents Partial linux migration for Ops Aspect pipeline efficiency fix Proposal Planning support for Cf. P 12 Annual Data Analysis release V&V Bugfix Tested & verified system against latest OS version; no software change; Solaris 10 upgrade in DS Ops CXC Status Report/CUC Page 8

Program Level Status – Operations • Chandra Source Catalog releases Version Date Main contents CSC Sky 1. 0 10/17/09 Added color-coded FOVs for all Chandra Observations to Google Earth interface Xmatch 1. 0 10/29/09 CSC-SDSS Cross-match Interface release CAT 3. 2. 1 12/4/09 HRC science feedback updates Lim. Sens 1. 0 12/9/09 CSC Limiting Sensitivity Service release; web interface to access limsens maps CAT 3. 2. 2 12/18/09 ACIS data migration updates CSC Sky 1. 1 12/21/09 Added catalog source markers and pop-up data balloons CAT 3. 2. 3 1/28/10 New algorithm for HRC pos error-ellipse CAT 3. 2. 4 03/24/10 HRC point & compact source processing 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 9

Program Level Status – Operations • Calibration Database (Cal. DB) Releases 16 individual calibration products plus three Cal. DB releases: – Cal. DB 4. 2. 0 12/14/09 – Cal. DB 4. 2. 1 04/10/10 – Cal. DB 4. 2. 2 04/19/10 • GO and Fellows Program, CXC Director’s Office – 2010 Einstein competition opened 8/09; record number of applications (162) received for 10 fellowships – Selection committee, with expertise covering the whole Physics of the Cosmos program, chose top candidates 1/14/10 – 10 candidates had accepted fellowships by February – First Einstein Fellows Symposium held Oct 27 -28, 2009 – Grant issuance is current; average time to award < 3 weeks 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 10

Program Level Status – Operations • Education and Public Outreach – 11 press releases and 19 image releases since last meeting – Chandra EPO won the IAU International Year of Astronomy 2009 prize for Excellence in Astronomy Education and Public Outreach for the “From Earth to the Universe” exhibit project. The FETTU project was NASA’s sole nominee for the prize and bested 29 other entries from 20 counties and 9 transnational organizations. – The Webby Awards named Chandra’s “Hot Universe: Exploring the X-ray Universe” an Official Honoree for the Online Film & Video/Technology category in The 14 th Annual awards. – Awarded Smithsonian Scholarly Studies grant to continue Aesthetics and Astronomy study to determine how the public perceives astronomical images and how best to present them to the public 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 11

Mission Metrics MUPS Fuel Usage 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 12

Mission Metrics Thruster Warm Starts 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 13

Mission Metrics Observing Efficiency 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 14

Data Delivery Effectiveness Variety of difficulties in recent months have increased mean data delivery time slightly. These have been resolved and delivery time is back to usual ~1 day 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 15

Grant Award Effectiveness 27 April 2010 CXC Status Report/CUC Page 16