Mars, the Moon… Mercury is coming up next
News, 24 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

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