Space telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
ObservatoriesOperational
Imagery
History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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 Orbi…
1999
NASA/Marshall · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
Chandra is NASA's flagship X-ray observatory, imaging black holes, supernova remnants, and galaxy clusters with unmatched sharpness.
Observing bands
Major discoveries
Knowledge connections
- Operated byNASA
- Named afterSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- StudiesSagittarius A*
- Operated bySmithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- ObservesX-ray
- ObservedCrab Nebula
- Associated withHEASARC
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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