Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Martin Weisskopf and Aerobee-350

Martin Weisskopf and Aerobee-350
Martin Weisskopf and Aerobee-350 NASA’s Martin Weisskopf and colleagues from Columbia University in 1971 pose with the Aerobee-350 sounding rocket they used to detect X-ray polarization from a celestial object – the Crab Nebula – for the first time. Left to right are Robert Novick, Gabriel Epstein, Weisskopf, Richard Wolff, and Richard Linke. NASA