Mars, the Moon… Mercury is coming up next

News, 25 December 2013

Among the results obtained during implementation of the JINR Seven-Year Plan, which were voiced in a report of JINR Vice-Director M.G. Itkis at the 114th session of the JINR Scientific Council, was the following one: "Staff members of FLNP and LRB performed calibration of the flight module of  the Mercury Gamma and Neutron Spectrometer (MGNS) in July 2013.
Figure 1: MGNS assembled



Figure 2:
MGNS calibrations with neutron source in the experimental hall of the IBR-2