sts093-s-013
STS093-S-013 (27 June 1999) --- In this fish-eye view, the Chandra X-ray Observatory rests inside the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Chandra is the primary payload on the STS-93 mission, scheduled to launch next month. The world's most powerful X-ray telescope, Chandra, will allow 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 the universe.
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June 27, 1999
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