Roger Brissenden CXC Manager 22 October 2013 Chandra Users’ Committee CXC Manager’s Status Report For the period October 2012 – September 2013 Roger Brissenden CXC Manager 22 October 2013

Topics Program Management Mission Operations Science Operations Spacecraft Science Instruments and Calibration Mission Planning Operations Control Center Science Operations CXC Data Systems Calibration Data Processing Chandra Director’s Office GO Program Einstein Program Education and Public Outreach CXC Status Report/CUC

Top Level Summary Spacecraft and instruments are performing superbly Fine Sun Sensor (FSS) was swapped to B (redundant) side to mitigate reduced A-side field of view Momentum Unloading and Propulsion System (MUPS) was swapped to B side to allow use of A side in event of a safe mode MUPS-B2 thruster will not be used due to zero thrust There are no known spacecraft limitations due to degradation, aging or consumables that would prevent our meeting Level 1 requirements over the course of a 20-year mission Preparing for 2014 NASA Senior Review Chandra and Hubble to have individual non-competitive reviews CXC Status Report/CUC

Program Management CXC Status Report/CUC

Program Management Contract Budget Staff Other Contract (Option 1) currently runs through 30 Sept 2016 Option 2 available through 30 Sept 2019 Budget CXC is funded through December 16 CXC’s budget and expenditures are consistent with the current plan Directed to conduct EPO program in FY14 Awaiting FY14 funding guidelines from HQ Staff Current staffing profile is consistent with plan 3 positions were eliminated in 2013 (staff members left, will not be replaced) All remaining positions are filled Other Complying with NASA travel restrictions, which have reduced CXC travel and increased administrative burden at CXC and MSFC CXC Status Report/CUC CXC Status Report/CUC Page 5

Program Management CXC-organized Conferences and Reviews Chandra Peer Review (18-20 June 13) Boston CXC Users’ Committee (22-23 Oct 13) at CfA Einstein Fellows Symposium (29-30 Oct 13) at CfA Considering 15 Years of Science with Chandra symposium – fall ‘14 CXC Status Report/CUC

Mission Operations Spacecraft Science Instruments Continues to operate extremely well Nominal passages through eclipse seasons Swapped to Fine Sun Sensor B and MUPS side B Science Instruments Instruments are operating extremely well ACIS flight software triggered its first solar radiation safety action (5/22) Operations Control Center Smooth operations OCC air conditioning system upgrade was completed June 2013 Virtual OCC data system transitioned to operations 24 July 13 Mission Planning 6 fast-turnaround (load interrupting) TOOs during this period Observing efficiency is ~80% maximum due to orbit evolution CXC Status Report/CUC CXC Status Report/CUC Page 7

Mission Operations – Observing Efficiency Observing time has increased due to evolving orbit CXC Status Report/CUC CXC Status Report/CUC Page 8

Mission Operations – Consumables Momentum Unloading & Propulsion System (MUPS) Fuel Usage CXC Status Report/CUC CXC Status Report/CUC Page 9

Mission Operations – Consumables MUPS Thruster Warm Starts CXC Status Report/CUC CXC Status Report/CUC Page 10

Science Operations CXC Data System Releases CIAO Data Analysis Releases Version Date Main contents DS 8.5 05Dec12 Data system 64bit port of code base; release Sol32 DS 8.5.0.1 06Dec12 Back out ds9 v7.1 and revert to v5.7 DS 8.5.1 13Dec12 CfP 15 proposal planning support DS 8.5.1.1 18Dec12 V&V patch DS 8.5.2 26Apr13 CfP 15 proposal submission support DS 8.5.3 23May13 Peer review GUI & database DS 10.0 04Jun13 Data system migration to Linux DS 10.0.1 06Aug13 Small upgrades Version Date Main contents CIAO 4.5 13Dec13 CfP 15 data analysis release CIAO 4.6B1 20Jun13 CIAO 4.6 Beta 1 CXC Status Report/CUC

Science Operations Data Processing Automatic processing is current; mean time from end of observation to delivery to user remains at about one day Calibration Products released since October 2012 Set of ACIS blank sky observations appropriate for observations since September 2009 Set of time-dependent ACIS quantum efficiency maps Gain maps for ACIS (quarterly) and HRC (annual) HRC-S QE map for data taken with the new HV setting Products to be released by December 2013 Update to ACIS contamination model Improved low energy (<500 eV) gains for ACIS CXC Status Report/CUC Page 12

Science Operations Data Delivery As of middle of following month As of 10/7/13 Month Number of Obs Days to Data Delivery Number Deliv Number Outstanding Comments Min Avg Max Oct-12 70 2 14 Nov-12 87 1 4 Dec-12 85 9 Jan-13 Feb-13 75 12 Mar-13 73 6 Apr-13 67 8 May-13 56 11 Jun-13 69 68 Jul-13 53 3 Aug-13 7 Sep-13 63 13 Avg delivery ~1 day from observation CXC Status Report/CUC

Chandra Director’s Office General Observer Program – Cycle 15 Proposal deadline 3/14/13; 636 proposals received; 5.4x time oversubscription Peer review 6/18-21/13 179 proposals approved for 20 Msec, including 2 X-ray Visionary Projects totaling 5 Msec 136 U.S.-based proposals, 43 non-U.S. Einstein Fellowship Program 189 proposals were submitted for the 2013 Einstein fellowships (11/1/12) Peer review held 1/16/13; 12 fellowships awarded Call for proposals for 2014 fellowships issued 8/2/13 (deadline 1/7/13) Einstein Fellows Symposium (29-30 Oct 13) at CfA CXC Status Report/CUC CXC Status Report/CUC Page 14

Chandra Director’s Office Grant Awards Month of Data Delivery Federal Grants (1,3) SAO Grants (2) As of middle of following month As of 10/8/13 Non-Federal Grants (3) No. Grants Awarded No. Outstanding Avg days to award (4) Outstanding Awards Proposal no, Comments Oct-12 1 11 9 2 14 Nov-12 5 7 Dec-12 51 40 21 50 14800671-pre-funding cancelled Jan-13 8 38 Feb-13 13 Mar-13 12 Apr-13 May-13 18 17 Jun-13 10 Jul-13 3 Aug-13 Sep-13 (1) Grants awarded to scientists at Federal institutions as interagency transfers through MSFC. (2) Grants awarded to scientists at non-Federal institutions through SAO Contracts and Grants Department (3) Number of grants eligible for award, for which data were delivered to the observer in the month. (4) Average days from data delivery to grant award to observer. Grants are typically awarded within ~2-3 weeks of observation CXC Status Report/CUC CXC Status Report/CUC Page 15

Education and Public Outreach Press 1 AAS press event, 11 science press releases, 1 press release posting, 19 image releases, 1 non-science release resulting in ~1900 articles in print, web news and science web sites. Monthly estimated audience in tens of millions. Web, Digital, Social Media Public web site attracts average of ~15 million hits per month Award-winning podcasts remain the #1 download with ~half a million hits/month Social media platform continues to grow, with cumulative ~41k followers on Twitter, ~55k Facebook likes, >1 million video views on YouTube Public Outreach Launched “Here, There & Everywhere” exhibit in libraries, 1/mo. over 3 years Education 21 events at National Science Teachers & other meetings reaching 785 teachers National Science Olympiad; supported national competition events and coaches clinics reaching ~100,000 students on over 6000 teams OMB & president continuing to push for cancellation of NASA education activities EPO guidelines in flux CXC Status Report/CUC