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History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory

NASA / MSFC · 1999-07-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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A crew member of the STS-93 mission took this photograph of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, still attached to the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), backdropped against the darkness of space not long after its release from Orbiter Columbia. Two firings of an attached IUS rocket placed the Observatory into its working orbit. The primary duty of the crew of this mission was to deploy the 50,162-pound Observatory, the world's most powerful x-ray telescope.

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Credit lineHistory of Chandra X-Ray Observatory. NASA/MSFC, 1999-07-01. Public domain. ID: 9906646.
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