The Chandra X-ray Observatory: An Overview of Its Success
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the X-Ray component of NASA's Great Observatory Program has been an outstanding scientific and technical success. Designed for a three year lifespan, Chandra is now beginning its 8-th year of scientific operation. Some of the history of the Project, including a discussion of the design, development, and calibration of the X-Ray optics will be presented. Of course the highlights of several of the myriad discoveries will be shown concerning topics ranging from solar system objects to dark matter studies in clusters of galaxies.
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