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Chandra X-ray Observatory


The heart of the Crab Nebula in X-rays. Credit:NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Seward et al.

Fast Facts

  1. Launched into orbit: July 23, 1999
  2. Length: 17 feet
  3. Diameter: 9.25 feet
  4. Weight: 32,500 pounds1
  5. Carried into space by the Space Shuttle Columbia
  6. Captures X-Ray images of distant objects
  7. 25 times more powerful than the next-strongest X-Ray telescope2
  8. X-Rays are absorbed by the atmosphere, and cannot be observed from Earth's surface1
  9. Its operating orbit takes it 200 times higher than the Hubble Space Telescope

How Chandra Does What It Does

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Monday, December 8, 2008

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Update

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Update
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