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In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), the STS-93 crew pose in front of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which is...
At Launch Pad 39-B, the Chandra X-ray Observatory sits inside the payload bay of Space Shuttle Columbia, waiting for...
At Launch Pad 39-B, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around the Chandra X-ray Observatory...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39-B, a worker monitors the closing of Space Shuttle Columbia's payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39-B, the Chandra X-ray Observatory sits inside the payload bay on...
99-E-10028 (23 July 1999) --- The Chandra X-Ray observatory and its upper stage were captured during separation from...
99-E-10024 (23 July 1999) --- This pre-deployment view of the Chandra X-Ray observatory backdropped against part of...
99-E-10027 (23 July 1999) --- The Chandra X-Ray observatory and its upper stage were captured during separation from...
99-E-10026 (23 July 1999) --- The Chandra X-Ray observatory and its upper stage were captured during separation from...
99-E-10020 (23 July 1999) --- The Chandra X-Ray observatory and its upper stage were captured during separation from...
99-E-10025 (23 July 1999) --- This pre-deployment view of the Chandra X-Ray observatory was recorded with the HDTV...
Workers in the Vertical Processing Facility observe the lower end of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) that will be...
The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster is moved toward a workstand in Kennedy Space Center's Vertical Processing...
The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster (right) is lifted out of its container after arriving at Kennedy Space...
The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster is lowered toward a workstand in Kennedy Space Center's Vertical Processing...
In the Vertical Processing Facility, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is lifted from its workstand in order to move it...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39B, the payload canister carrying the Chandra X-ray Observatory nears...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Mrs. Lalitha Chandrasekhar, wife of the late Indian-American Nobel Laureate...
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), NASA's newest space telescope, is seen above at the unveiling ceremony at TRW...
Astronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning...
STS-93 Commander Eileen M. Collins signs autographs after a mission presentation for KSC employees. The five-day...
In the Vertical Processing Facility, TRW technicians check the point of attachment of the solar panel array at...
The blue dots in this field of galaxies, known as the COSMOS field, show galaxies that contain supermassive black...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The payload canister transporter that brought the Chandra X-ray Observatory to Launch...