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... , and Michel Tognini. Columbia carried on board the US$1.5 billion Chandra X-ray Observatory , previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), as well as secondary payloads and experiments-the Southwest Ultraviolet ... aboard the orbiter made up the shortfall. Seven hours into the flight, the crew deployed Chandra into orbit, accomplishing its primary mission. June 1999 June July 1999 July Jul 1 1999 ...

NASA released two initial images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory. One image traced "the aftermath of a gigantic stellar explosion in such stunning detail" that ... the center. The second image showed "a powerful x-ray jet blasting 200,000 light-years into intergalactic space from a distant quasar." Chandra was still in its orbital "check-out and calibration ...

... team of scientists using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to observe a source of radio emissions called Sagittarius A had noticed a rapid rise and decline in x-ray emissions in its vicinity. The scientists ... the Milky Way Galaxy contains a black hole or some other large, dark object. (NASA, “Chandra Catches Milky Way Monster Snacking,” news release 01-179, 5 September 2001.) August 2001 August ...

Using images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory , scientists found evidence that an ancient eruption had burst through a cluster of galaxies, which ... cosmic magnets. Chandra’s images of the galaxy cluster Abell 2597 had revealed a cloud of hot gas with two dark circular cavities called ghost cavities, containing little x-ray or radio emissions ...

... article in the journal Nature, scientists reported that they had used images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to reveal how objects in the most active area of the Milky Way Galaxy affect ... . The findings helped clarify the relative contributions of diffuse and discrete sources of x-rays emitted from the galaxy. (NASA, “Chandra Takes In Bright Lights, Big City of Milky Way,” news release 02 ...

NASA released findings from the collective efforts of its Chandra X-ray Observatory , Hubble Space Telescope HST , SST , and ground-based telescopes—the Very Large Array in New ... orbiting each other, each with a supermassive black hole at its center. However, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory had shown a jet emanating from the black hole at the center of the larger ...

... this mission was to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory . Measuring 45 feet long, Chandra is the largest satellite the shuttle has ever launched. It is the most sophisticated x-ray observatory to date allowing scientists to study ...

... -83 , and was the lead mission specialist on STS-93 for the deployment of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory . Space Station Training: Coleman acted as the backup U.S. crewmember for Expeditions 19, 20 ... -day mission during which Coleman was the lead mission specialist for the deployment of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Designed to conduct comprehensive studies of the universe, the telescope has enabled scientists to study ...

... his primary task was to assist in the deployment of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and to conduct a spacewalk if needed. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory is designed to conduct comprehensive studies of the universe, and the ...

... . Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley had spotted the brown dwarf and its bright x-ray flare. Scientists believed that examining the x-ray flare would help ... -mass stars. Early analyses indicated that the brown dwarf s x-ray flare was approximately 1 billion times more powerful than the x-ray flares emitted from the planet Jupiter. Scientists reacted to news ...

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