Dr. Brian Ramsey, lead scientist for the High Energy Replicated Optics (HERO) program, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, installs the mirrors of the world's first focused high-energy X-ray telescope. The telescope uses six nested X-ray reflecting mirrors - three in each of the two assemblies. Click to enlarge.

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