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Notes from the Editor- Christine JonesNews from NASA Headquarters - Lou Kaluzienski HEAD in the News -Megan WatzkeChandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden and Martin WeisskopfXMM-Newton Mission News - Randall Smith INTEGRAL Mission News- Christoph WinklerRHESSI Mission News - David SmithSwift  Mission News - Padi Boyd, Lynn Cominsky, Neil Gehrels RXTE News - Padi Boyd, Keith Jahoda, Gail Rohrbach, Evan Smith, Jean Swank, Craig Markwardt, Tod Strohmayer
Suzaku Mission News - Koji Mukai and Ilana HarrusGLAST Mission News - Steven Ritz, Lynn Cominsky and Robert NaeyeNUSTAR - Daniel Stern and Fiona HarrisonConstellation-X News - Mike Garcia for Con X teamLISA News - Tom Prince and Bonny SchumakerMeetings 
Notes from the Editor
- Christine JonesThe View from the HEAD Chair
 - Steve MurrayNews from NASA Headquarters -
Rick Harnden and Lou Kaluzienski 2006 Bruno Rossi Prize Winners - Ilana
Harrus (HEAD  Press Officer) HEAD in the News -
Ilana Harrus and Megan WatzkeChandra X-ray
Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden, Nancy Evans and Martin WeisskopfXMM-Newton Mission
News - Randall Smith and Phil PlaitINTEGRAL Mission News
- Christoph WinklerRHESSI Mission News - David SmithSwift  Mission News -
Padi Boyd, Lynn Cominsky, Neil Gehrels & Phil PlaitRXTE News - Padi Boyd,
Jean Swank, Gail Rohrbach, Evan Smith, Craig Markwardt, Tod Strohmayer Suzaku Mission News
- Koji Mukai and Ilana HarrusGLAST Mission News -
Steven Ritz, Lynn Cominsky and Robert NaeyeConstellation-X News
-- Jay BookbinderLISA News -- Tom -->
-- Prince and Bonny SchumakerMeeting AnnouncementsObituaries for Kenneth Greisen, Herb Gursky and
Bohdan Paczynski 
Notes from the Editor
- Christine JonesThe View from the HEAD Chair
 - Steve MurrayNews from NASA Headquarters -
Lou Kaluzienski and Rick HarndenHEAD in the News -
Ilana Harrus, Christopher Wanjek and Megan WatzkeChandra X-ray
Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden and Martin WeisskopfXMM-Newton Mission
News - Randall Smith and Phil PlaitINTEGRAL Mission News
- Christoph WinklerRHESSI Mission News - David SmithSwift  Mission News -
Padi Boyd, Lynn Cominsky, Neil Gehrels & Phil PlaitRXTE News - Padi Boyd,
Jean Swank, Gail Rohrbach, Evan Smith, Craig Markwardt, Tod Strohmayer Suzaku Mission News
- Koji Mukai and Ilana HarrusGLAST Mission News -
Christopher Wanjek, Steven Ritz, Phil Plait and Lynn CominskyConstellation-X News  -- Mike GarciaLISA News -- Bonny SchumakerMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Christine
Jones Views from the HEAD Chair -
Stephen S. MurrayNews from NASA Headquarters - Rick
Harnden2006 Bruno Rossi Prize Winners - Ilana
Harrus (HEAD
        Press Officer) and
        Christopher Wanjek (EUD science writer)HEAD in the NEWS - Ilana Harrus,
Christopher
        Wanjek and Megan WatzkeChandra X-ray Observatory Operations
        Report - Roger Brissenden (SAO) and Martin Weisskopf
	(MSFC)Chandra Fellows for 2006 Named  - Nancy Evans
        Report - Nancy EvansXMM-Newton Mission News - Randall Smith
and Phil PlaitINTEGRAL Mission News - Christoph
WinklerRHESSI Mission News - David SmithSwift Mission News - Christopher Wanjek,
Phil Plait and Lynn CominskyRXTE News - Padi Boyd, Keith Jahoda, Gail
Rohrbach, Evan Smith, Jean Swank, Craig
Markwardt, Tod StrohmayerSuzaku Mission News - Richard Kelley for
        the Suzaku teamGLAST Mission News - Stephen Ritz,
Phil Plait and Lynn CominskyConstellation-X News - Jay Bookbinder,
Ann Hornschemeier and Michael GarciaMeeting Announcements:
 
Notes from the Editor
- Christine JonesViews from the HEAD
      Chair - Roger BlandfordHEAD in the News -
Ilana Harrus, Christopher Wanjek and Megan WatzkeConstellation-X Town Hall
      Meeting at AAS
- January 9, 2005Chandra X-ray Observatory
      Operations Report- Roger Brissenden and Martin WeisskopfXMM-Newton Mission
      News - Stefan Immler and Phil PlaitINTEGRAL News - Christoph WinklerRHESSI Mission News -
      David SmithSWIFT News - Padi
      Boyd and Phil Plait HETE Mission News -
      George Ricker and Don Lamb RXTE News - Padi
      Boyd, Keith Jahoda, Craig Markwardt, Gail Rohrbach, Evan Smith,
      Tod Strohmayer and Jean SwankSuzaku News -
      Richard Kelley for the Suzaku teamGLAST News - Steven RitzMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor
- Christine Jones2005 Bruno Rossi Prize
Winner - Christopher Wanjek and Ilana HarrusHEAD in the News -
Ilana Harrus, Christopher Wanjek and Megan WatzkeChandra Fellows Named
- Nancy EvansXMM-Newton Mission
News - Stefan Immler and Phil PlaitRHESSI Mission News - David SmithSwift  Mission News - Christopher Wanjek, Phil Plait and Lynn CominskyGLAST Mission News - Christopher Wanjek, Phil Plait and Lynn CominskyHETE Mission News - George Ricker RXTE News - Padi Boyd,
Jean Swank, Craig Markwardt, Tod Strohmayer Chandra X-ray
Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden and Martin WeisskopfAstro-E2 Mission News - Richard KelleyA NEW Newsletter -- "The Gravitational Lens" - Michelle B. LarsonMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Matthew BaringComments from the Chair - Roger BlandfordFourth Schramm Prize Awarded to Oliver Morton - Ilana HarrusHEAD in the News - Ilana Harrus, Christopher Wanjek and Megan WatzkeINTEGRAL Mission News - Chris Winkler and Chris ShraderXMM-Newton Mission News - Steve Snowden and Phil PlaitGLAST Mission News - Christopher Wanjek, Phil Plait and Lynn CominskyRHESSI Mission News - David SmithHETE Mission News - George Ricker and Don LambChandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden and Martin WeisskopfSwift Mission News - Lynn Cominsky and Phil PlaitAstro-E2 Mission News - Richard Kelley, Koji Mukai and Ilana HarrusAstrostatistics Workshop Resources - Vinay KashyapNews from NASA Headquarters - Lou KaluzienskiMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Matthew Baring2004 Bruno Rossi Prize Winners - Ilana HarrusHEAD in the News - Ilana Harrus, Christopher Wanjek and Megan WatzkeNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul HertzChandra Fellows Named - Nancy EvansINTEGRAL Mission News - Chris WinklerXMM-Newton Mission News - Steve Snowden and Phil PlaitRHESSI Mission News - David SmithSwift Mission News - Christopher Wanjek and Phil PlaitGLAST Mission News - Phil Plait and Christopher WanjekHETE Mission News - George RickerRXTE News - Padi Boyd, et al.Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden and Martin WeisskopfMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Matthew BaringHEAD in the News - Ilana Harrus, Christopher Wanjek and Megan WatzkeNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul HertzRHESSI Mission News - David SmithSwift Mission News - Richard Todaro, Christopher Wanjek and Phil PlaitGLAST Mission News - Phil Plait and Christopher WanjekXMM-Newton Mission News - Ilana Harrus and Phil PlaitRXTE News - Padi Boyd, et al.Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger BrissendenHETE Mission News - George RickerINTEGRAL Mission News - Chris WinklerMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Matthew BaringLeon Van Speybroeck (1935 - 2002) - Josh Grindlay2003 Bruno Rossi Prize Winners - Ilana HarrusThird Schramm Prize Awarded to Cowen and Irion - Ilana HarrusHEAD in the News - Ilana Harrus, Christopher Wanjek and Megan WatzkeNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul HertzChandra Fellows Named - Nancy EvansRHESSI Mission News - David SmithINTEGRAL Mission News - Chris WinklerSwift Mission News - Phil Plait and Christopher WanjekXMM-Newton Mission News - Ilana Harrus and Phil PlaitRXTE News - Padi Boyd, et al.GLAST Mission News - Phil Plait and Christopher WanjekChandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden and Martin WeisskopfGUSBAD Catalog of Gamma-Ray Bursts Available Online - Maarten SchmidtMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Matthew BaringHigh-Energy Astrophysics gets its First Nobel Prize - Ilana HarrusHEAD in the News - Ilana HarrusNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul HertzINTEGRAL Mission News - Thierry Courvoisier, Chris WinklerRHESSI Mission News - David Smith, Brian DennisHETE-2 Mission News - George Ricker, Donald LambXMM Mission News - Ilana HarrusChandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger Brissenden, Martin WeisskopfSwift Mission News - Lynn Cominsky, Christopher WanjekGLAST Mission News - Lynn Cominsky, Christopher WanjekAstroGravS Archive - Joan CentrellaSecond X-ray Astronomy School - Ilana HarrusMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Matthew BaringChandra Telescope Designer Wins 2002 Rossi Prize - Megan WatzkeSecond Schramm Prize Awarded to Naeye for Chandra Article - Christopher Wanjek and Lynn CominskyHEAD in the News - Lynn Cominsky, Ilana Harrus, and Megan WatzkeNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul Hertz, Lou Kaluzienski and Don KniffenChandra Fellows Named - Nancy EvansGLAST Mission News - Lynn CominskySwift Mission News - Lynn CominskyRXTE News - Padi Boyd, et al.RHESSI Mission News - David SmithFUSE Returns from the Brink - Bill BlairHETE Mission News - George RickerChandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger BrissendenMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Matthew BaringArthur Davidsen (1944 - 2001) - Lynn CominskyFred Hoyle (1915 - 2001) - Donald ClaytonHEAD in the News - Lynn Cominsky and Megan WatzkeNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul Hertz, Lou Kaluzienski and Don KniffenNASA SEU Theme Solicits Community Input - Paul HertzGLAST Mission News - Lynn CominskySwift Mission News - Lynn CominskyRXTE News - Tod Strohmayer, et al.Integral Science Data Centre - Thierry CourvoisierChandra X-ray Observatory Operations Report - Roger BrissendenMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Paul HertzMinoru Oda (1923-2001) - Lynn CominskyReuven Ramaty (1937-2001) - NASA Press ReleaseHEAD News: Rossi Prizes - Lynn CominskyNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul HertzHEAD in the News - Lynn Cominsky and Megan WatzkeEUVE Completes Mission - Brett Stroozas and Roger MalinaRXTE News - Jean SwankChandra X-ray Observatory Status - Belinda WilkesHigh Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) - George RickerXMM-Newton Updates - Ilana HarrisHESSI Ready for Launch - David SmithSwift Mission News - Lynn CominskyGLAST Mission News - Lynn CominskyChandra Fellows Named - Megan WatzkeMeeting Announcements 
Notes from the Editor - Paul HertzHerbert Friedman 1916-2000Robert Michael Hjellming 1938-2000John A. Simpson 1916-2000First Schramm Award to be Presented in Honolulu - Lynn CominskyHETE-2 Spacecraft Successfully Launched - Lynn CominskyHEAD in the News (6/00-10/00) - Lynn CominskyHEAD Sessions at San Diego AAS Meeting - Josh GrindlayNews from NASA Headquarters - Paul HertzApril 2001 Meeting of the APS in Washington, DC - Chuck DermerNews from the Chandra X-ray Observatory - Belinda WilkesChandra Fellowship Program Application Deadline - Nancy Remage EvansUpdate on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer - Tod StrohmayerSwift Mission News - Lynn CominskyGLAST Update -  Don KniffenINTEGRAL Cycle 1 Observing Proposals Solicited - Christoph WinklerComments Solicited Concerning Physical Review Letters - Virginia TrimbleSymposium Announcement: "New Century of X-ray Astronomy" - Hajime InoueSymposium Announcement: "The High Energy Universe at Sharp Focus" - Eric SchlegelCHIANTI Database Extended - Ken Dere 
Notes from the Editor - Paul HertzNews from NASA Headquarters - Don Kniffen and Lou KaluzienskiNASA's Cosmic Journeys Initiative - Alan BunnerTermination of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Mission - Neil GehrelsThe Compton Gamma Ray Observatory: A Commentary - Don KniffenLoss of the Astro-E Observatory - Richard KelleyChandra X-ray Observatory Report - Roger BrissendenChandra Science Highlights - Wallace TuckerXMM-Newton Update - Richard MushotzkyGLAST Selections Announced - Christopher Wanjek and Lynn CominskyRossi2000 Meeting Report - Tod StrohmayerROSAT All Sky Survey Data Now Available - Mike CorcoranChandra Fellows Named - Nancy EvansHistory of Nuclear Astrophysics Website - Donald ClaytonNew Translation of Galileo Poem - Giovanni BignamiHEAD in the News - Lynn CominskyGamma Ray Astrophysics 2001 Meeting - Chris ShraderLaboratory Astrophysics with Intense Lasers - Adam FrankA Letter to the Membership - Elena Aprile, Roger Chevalier, Don Clayton, Kevin Hurley, Mark Leising, Edison Liang, and Stan WoosleyEditor's Comments - Paul HertzPaul Nandra wins AAS Pierce Prize - Lynn CominskyX-ray Astronomy 2000 Meeting - The LOCNew Century of X-ray Astronomy Meeting - Hajime Inoue 
        Obituary:  Dr. Jan van ParadijsHigh Energy Astrophysics Division special sessions at the 195th AAS Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 11-15, 2000News from NASA HeadquartersHEAD in the News (6/99 - 10/99)NASA NRA: "Advanced Cross-Enterprise Technology Development for NASA Missions"Swift Satellite Selected for 2003 LaunchXMM Prepared for LaunchAstro-E in Final TestingNASA Chandra X-Ray ObservatoryHETE Readies for Early 2000 LaunchBeppoSAX data at the HEASARCThe 2nd ROSAT HRI Source CatalogReport on NATO Advanced Study Institute on "The Neutron Star - Black Hole Connection"2000 HEAD Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 5-10, 2000ROSSI 2000: Astrophysics with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, March 22-24, 2000Invitation to Join in the APS Meeting in April/May 2000INTEGRAL Spring School: "Observing with INTEGRAL + Gamma-Ray, Nucleosynthesis," Les Diablerets, Switzerland, March 29 - April 1, 200030th SAAS FEE ADVANCED COURSE: "High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics," Les Diablerets, Switzerland, April 3-8, 20004th INTEGRAL Workshop: Exploring the Gamma-ray Universe, Alicante, Spain, September 4-8, 2000Inst. for Theoretical Physics program for Fall 2000: ``Spin and Magnetism in Young Neutron Stars,'' U. California, Santa Barbara33rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Warsaw, Poland, July 16-23, 2000 
        The 1999 Rossi PrizeDecadal SurveyNews from NASA HeadquartersThe X-Ray Astronomy Program
          Working Group ReportNew David N. Schramm Science
          Writing AwardGLAST Facility Team NewsASTRO-EUnconventional Stellar Aspect
          experiment (USA)Swift Chosen for MIDEX Phase
          A StudyChandra Data Analysis
          Software Demo: AAS Meeting, ChicagoSpecial Session on Progress
          in Astro-Statistics at the upcoming Chicago AAS MeetingChandra Fellows NamedVersion 2.0 of the CHIANTI
          Database for Astrophysical SpectroscopyHEAD in the News (12/98 -
          5/99)4th INTEGRAL Workshop, 4-8
          September 2000, Alicante, Spain5th Compton Symposium,
          September 15-17, 1999, Portsmouth, New HampshireInvitation to Join in the
          APS Meeting in April/May 200026th International Cosmic
          Ray Conference, August 17-25, 1999, Salt Lake City Utah10th Annual October
          Astrophysics Conference in Maryland: "Cosmic Explosions", October 1999TeV Gamma Ray Workshop,
          August 13-16, 1999, Snowbird Ski Resort, UtahIAU Symposium 195: Highly
          Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms for Emission from Astrophysical Plasmas,
          Montana State University5th Huntsville Gamma-Ray
          Burst SymposiumSuccessful Balloon Flight of
          the Liquid Xenon Compton Telescope (LXeGRIT) 
        AAS Meeting in Austin, Texas 1999 HEAD Meeting: Announcement News from NASA Headquarters NASA/GSFC XMM Guest Observer Facility Rosat News and Demise Workshop on X-ray Interferometry, January
          28-29, 1999 Workshop on Small Missions for Energetic
          Astrophysics: Ultraviolet through Gamma-Ray, February 22-26, 1999 ASCA Symposium on Heating and Acceleration in
          the Universe, 17-19 March 1999 NATO Advanced Study Institute: The Neutron Star
          - Black Hole Connection, June 7-18, 1999 Meeting: X-ray Astronomy 1999 - Stellar
          Endpoints, AGN and the X-ray Background, 6-10 September 1999 5th Compton Symposium, September 15-17, 1999
        HEAD in the News (Lynn Cominsky, HEAD Press
          Officer)  
        AAS Meeting in San Diego 1999 HEAD Meeting: Preliminary Announcement
        News from NASA Headquarters NASA is looking for a Few Good Stories EUVE Archive RXTE Cycle 4 NRA Guest Observations on ROSAT Guest Observations on ASCA Opening for Discipline Scientist at NASA New Gamma-Ray Burst Web Site HEAD News at the January 1998 AAS Meeting Starchild astronomy web site wins Webby Award for education
        AXAF Fellows XMM Guest Observer Facility at Goddard Space Flight Center
        VERITAS Workshop on TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic
          Sources (23-24 Oct.) 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and
          Cosmology  
        Notes from the Editor NASA Request for Information on Exciting New
          Results Meeting of Interest: 3rd Integral Workshop Notes from NASA Headquarters AXAF NRA Release: Proposal due date Feb. 2,
          1998 Procurement Notice for the Constellation-X
          Mission Press Coverage of the Nov. 97 HEAD Meeting in
          Estes Park  
        Notes from the Editor Upcoming HEAD Meeting in Estes Park, CO, in
          November Other Meetings Notes from NASA Headquarters RXTE Guest Observer Program: Proposal Due date
          Sept. 5, 1997 RXTE News August 1997 Multiwavelength Campaign for EGRET
          Blazar 1622-297  
        Notes from the Editor - K. Hurley 1996 Senior Review - G. Riegler First Results from BEPPOSAX - L. Piro CHIANTI Atomic Database - K. Dere SEUS Web Page - F. Harrison ACE Science Workshop - R. Mewaldt Aspen Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts - D.
          Lamb Obituaries - HETE and MARS 96 - HETE Team
          and K. Hurley Future Meetings  
        Notes from the Editor - K. Hurley News from NASA Headquarters - A. Bunner, L.
          Kaluzienski, G. Riegler Activities of the Gamma-Ray Astronomy Program
          Working Group - N. Gehrels The Fall 1995 Australian Balloon Campaign -
          C. Hailey, T. Prince, R. Sood, J. Tueller The High Energy Astrophysics Learning Center
          - L. Whitlock and J. Lochner Future Meetings  
        Notes from the Editor - K. Hurley News from NASA Headquarters - Alan Bunner SAX Announcement of Opportunity - Alan
          Bunner and Guenther Riegler High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive
          Research Center - Jesse Allen Burst Locations with an ArcSecond Telescope
          (BLAST) - Neil Johnson et al Hot Interstellar Medium Spectrometer (HIMS)
          - Wilt Sanders Upcoming HEAD Meetings - M. Elvis, N.
          Gehrels, and K. Hurley Future Meetings  
        Notes from the Editor - K. Hurley News from NASA Headquarters - A. Bunner, L.
          Kaluzienski, G. Riegler, and D. Weedman The Forthcoming SAX Mission - A. Parmar and
          L. Piro HIREGS Long Duration Balloon Flight - S.
          Boggs Next Generation X-Ray Observatory - W. Cash
        The Hard X-ray Telescope (HXT) - P.
          Gorenstein Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope
          (EXIST) - J. Grindlay and T. Prince A Next Generation Orbiting High-Energy
          Gamma-Ray Telescope (GLAST) - P. Michelson The Energetic Transient Array - G. Ricker Large Area X-ray Spectroscopy Mission - H.
          Tananbaum Burst Arc Second Imaging and Spectroscopy
          (BASIS) - B. Teegarden X-ray Spectroscopy with NGXO - N. E. White
          and R. Petre Meetings NSF Program Dates - J. Wright News Notes  
        Notes from the Editor - K. Hurley HEAD Newsletter Available on Mosaic - K.
          Hurley News Items Meetings Elections - Voting Instructions Candidates' Statements Ballot BACODINE - The BATSE Coordinates Distribution
          Network - S. Barthelmy et al. The ALEXIS Mission - History and Current Status
          - J. Bloch News and Notes from Headquarters - A.
          Bunner 75th Anniversary Debate - R. Nemiroff XTE - J. Swank  
        Notes from the Editor - Kevin Hurley News and Notes from Headquarters - Alan
          Bunner ROSAT Status - Rob Petre High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center
          - Nick White SkyView: An All-Sky Data Service - Thomas
          A. McGlynn, Nicholas E. White, and Keith Scollick Four Years of SIGMA Observations - Pierre
          Mandrou ASCA Status Report - Nick White EUVE Report - Yoji Kondo and Ron Oliversen INTEGRAL - Christoph Winkler . Meetings |  |  |