2017 Peter Serlemitsos retirement party

A collection of X-ray mirrors from various missions from across Peter's career --Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter (with Rob Petre) admires the display of X-ray mirrors -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

BBXRT (Broad Band X-Ray Telescope) (flew on the Space Shuttle in 1990) with Hitomi (2016) mirror in foreground. -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

1980s-era sounding rocket X-ray mirror -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

InFOCµS X-Ray mirror -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Suzaku (2005), NICER (2017), and XACT X-ray mirrors -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

XACT and PRAXyS X-ray mirrors -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Tom Cline shows Peter something on his iPhone -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter with Frank Marshall (at left), with Mike Loewenstein and Kenji Hamaguchi -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Frank Marshall and Peter (Yang Soong at center rear) -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Marton Sharpe, Will Zhang, and John Kearney -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Rob Petre (Lab Chief for X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory) speaks as Peter looks on -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Rob Petre (Lab Chief for X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory) speaks as Peter looks on -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter acknowledges applause after accepting retirement certificate -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter accepts his retirement certificate from Rob Petre -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Rich Kelley offers remarks as Peter listens -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Takashi Okajima gives a tour of each of the X-ray mirrors on display -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Takashi Okajima gives a tour of each of the X-ray mirrors on display -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Takashi Okajima gives a tour of each of the X-ray mirrors on display -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Takashi Okajima gives a tour of each of the X-ray mirrors on display (Keith Arnaud at rear) -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter speaks to assembled Astrophysics Science DIvision crowd -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter speaks to assembled Astrophysics Science DIvision crowd -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Jean Swank offers remarks -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Jean Swank offers remarks -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Will Zhang offers remarks --Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Will Zhang offers remarks --Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter cuts the cake -- Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Peter poses with a collection of X-ray mirrors from various missions from across Peter's career --Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

all the party attendees -- Back row: Kevin Black, Joan Centrella, Mike Corcoran, Scott Barthelmy, Bob Silverberg, Robin Corbet, Takayuki Hayashi, Steve Drake, Will Zhang, Jean Swank, Takashi Okajima, Yang Soong, Peter Serlemitsos, Rob Petre, Rich Kelley, Megan Eckart, Keith Arnaud, Frank Marshall, Tom Cline, Mark Clampin, Simon Bandler, Simin Mahmoodifar, Maurice Leutenegger, Stephen Walker, Dale Fixsen. Front row: Steve Sturner, Keith Jahoda, Hideyuki Mori, Kenji Hamaguchi, John Kearney, Marton Sharpe, Koji Mukai, Jeremy Schnittman, Zaven Arzoumanian, Lynne Valencic, Joe Hill-Kittle, Katja Pottschmidt, Caroline Kilbourne. Retirement party for Peter Serlemitsos from NASA/GSFC after 55 years. -- April 27, 2017 -- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD