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Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

2008 (prototype)

Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR)

1995

Section of Vacuum Vessel from the Particle Accelerator Nimrod, 1964

1964

Along Track Scanning Radiometer

1995

Sample radio receiver for the James Clerk Maxwell sub-millimetre radio telescope, 1986

1986

Long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

1990-1993 (spare); 1995 (original launched)

Internal target for colliding with subatomic particles taken from the Nimrod particle accelerator

1964-1978

Spark chamber section, a particle detector used with Nimrod, 1964-1978

1964-1978

External target for colliding with subatomic particles from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

1964-1978

Cerenkov counter

1964-1978

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Ion source

1964-1978

Submillimetre detector. Type of sensor

Long-Wavelength Spectrometer model, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

1993

Central Tracking Detector (CTD) from ZEUS Experiment

1992-2007

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995

Infrared Space Observatory

early 1990s

Encoder module

1979

Encoder module

1979

Encoder module

Quartz Crystal for X-ray polychromator, England, 1980

1978-1980

Components from ZEUS Experiment

1992-2007

SEC vidicon camera tube - identical to one used in IUE (international ultra-violet explorer) satellite

1972

External target for colliding with protons from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

1964-1978

Methane counter from Nimrod

1964-1978

Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) instrument for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1995

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995

AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Experiment) United Kingdom Subsatellite, engineering model, 1982-1984.

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model, 1982-84

1982-1984

Bubble chamber photograph in glazed frame mounted with diagram of an atom track showing lambda minus event, unsigned, 1955-1968. Supplied by the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory (Bubble Chamber Group), Chilton, Didcot, England

Bubble chamber photograph of a lambda minus event

1953-1968

Hydrogen target from Nimrod

1964-1978

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments

1984

Central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007. Consists of main detector and two metal plates removed to show internal workings.

Central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment

1992-2007

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments

1984

David Simpson papers relating to the CHASE instrument covering: 1) Load and Stress / Finite ElementAnalysis 2) Thermal Analysis 3) Vibration Analysis 4) Grating Scan Analysis

CHASE papers of David Simpson

1970-1985

Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) instrument for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1995

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995

Experimental Thermal shield unit from UK5 (Ariel V).

Experimental Thermal Shield for UK5 (Ariel V)

1973-1974

Pole removed from main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1), by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in order to prepare and present it for display, 2015-2016.

Pole removed from Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007

Porthole cover for the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1)

Porthole cover for Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007

Stand from Cerenkov counter (small)

Stand from Cerenkov counter

Transit frame removed from main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1), by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in order to prepare and present it for display, 2015-2016.

Transit frame removed from Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007

Found during the 2025 CTR Inventory Project: Part from Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR), flight spare, as used on ERS-2 and Envisat satellites for Earth surface temperature measurements. Built by Astrium Ltd (Matra Marconi Space) 1995.

Part from Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR)

1995

Transit frame, pole and porthole cover removed from main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1), by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in order to prepare and present it for display, 2015-2016.

Transit frame, pole and porthole cover removed from Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007

Sample segment panel for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), 1986

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986

Carry case for twin spare of the long-wavelength spectrometer from ISO (Infra-red Space Observatory). Assembled and tested at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, c.1993.

Carry case for long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

Twin spare of the long-wavelength spectrometer from ISO (Infra-red Space Observatory). Assembled and tested at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, c.1993.

Long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

1990-1993 (spare); 1995 (original launched)

Main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (two semicircular plates, pt2, removed from either end)

Central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment

1992-2007

Cerenkov counter (small) from Nimrod

Flight cover for CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

Flight cover for CHASE

1984

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