Behind the scenes at ESA
Public evening lecture highlights PTB's contribution to the ESA NewAthena mission
On December 3, 2025, Frédéric Safa and Marcos Bavdaz from the European Space Agency (ESA) will give a public lecture presenting the scientific objectives and technical implementation of the NewAthena mission. This X-ray telescope is expected to provide new insights into the nature of our universe from the second half of the 2030s onwards. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is involved in this project in its laboratory at the BESSY II electron storage ring: Additional beamlines are being set up there to measure and characterize silicon pore optics (SPO) in order to create a mirror surface of 300 m² on board the telescope in space.
The event will take place as part of this year's HZB user meeting (December 3 to 5, 2025) in Berlin-Adlershof.
Announcement (pdf download)
Contact at PTB:
Michael Krumrey
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Department 7.2: X-ray Metrology with Synchrotron Radiation
michael.krumrey(at)ptb.de
www.ptb.de
Credit: PTB