This image of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory following deployment from the Space Shuttle Columbia was taken from High Definition Television (HDTV) shot by Columbia Astronaut Mission Specialist Cady Coleman, during the STS-93 mission. Chandra, the world's most powerful x-ray telescope, was developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
NASA/STS-93/Cady Coleman
Taken on 23 July 1999
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