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The Chandra X-ray observatory before deployment

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sou01-39004

Date

2006-12-11

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, launched and deployed by the STS-93 Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1999. Chandra is designed to observe X-rays from high energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded stars.