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View of the Chandra Observatory during its deployment from Columbia PLB
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View of the Chandra Observatory during its deployment from Columbia PLB

NASA / JSC · 1999-07-23 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS093-703-011 (22-27 July 1999) --- This 70mm frame shows the Chandra X-Ray observatory during its deployment from the Space Shuttle Columbia’s payload bay. The primary duty of the STS-93 crew was to deploy the world’s most powerful X-Ray telescope. It was also one of the first actions of the astronauts, occurring just a few hours following the shuttle’s arrival in Earth orbit.

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Credit lineView of the Chandra Observatory during its deployment from Columbia PLB. NASA/JSC, 1999-07-23. Public domain. ID: sts093-703-011.
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