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Bookmark or Share- Chandra X-ray Observatory - WikipediaThe Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999.
- Chandra X-ray Observatory - NASAThe Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. It has eight-times greater resolution and is able to detect sources more than 20-times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope.
- Chandra X-ray Observatory - NASA's flagship X-ray telescopeNASA's sophisticated telescope is specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe.
- Chandra :: About Chandra :: Chandra SpecificationsX-ray telescopes allow us to image matter swirling as close as 90 kilometers from the event horizon of a stellar black hole or to track the expansion of a hot gas bubble produced by an exploding star. Chandra is the third of NASA's Great Observatories.
- Chandra Spacecraft and Instruments - NASAThe Chandra X-Ray Observatory combines the mirrors with four science instruments to capture and probe the X-rays from astronomical sources. The incoming X-rays are focused by the mirrors to a tiny spot (about half as wide as a human hair) on the focal plane, about 30 feet away.
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