At Launch Pad 39B, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around the Chandra X-ray Observatory inside, while workers monitor the activity. Chandra was the primary payload on mission STS-93, scheduled to launch aboard Columbia July 20 at 12:36 EDT. The combined Chandra/Inertial Upper Stage, seen here, measured 57 feet long and weighs 50,162 pounds. Fully deployed with solar arrays extended, the observatory measured feet long and 64 feet wide. The world's most powerful X-ray telescope, Chandra allowed scientists from around the world to see previously invisible black hole
At Launch Pad 39B, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around the Chandra X-ray Observatory inside, while workers monitor the activity. Chandra was the primary payload on mission STS-93, scheduled to launch aboard Columbia July 20 at 12:36 EDT. The combined Chandra/Inertial Upper Stage, seen here, measured 57 feet long and weighs 50,162 pounds. Fully deployed with solar arrays extended, the observatory measured feet long and 64 feet wide. The world's most powerful X-ray telescope, Chandra allowed scientists from around the world to see previously invisible black holes and high-temperature gas clouds, giving the observatory the potential to rewrite the books on the structure and evolution of our universe. Image # : 99PP-0854 Date: July 17, 1999
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