| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
99PP-0854 |
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| Date : |
7/17/1999
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Title
STS-93 Payload Bay Door Closure
Full Description
At Launch Pad 39B, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around
the Chandra X-ray Observatory inside, while workers monitor the activity.
Chandra is the primary payload on mission STS-93, scheduled to launch aboard
Columbia July 20 at 12:36 a.m. EDT.
The combined Chandra/Inertial Upper Stage, seen here, measures 57 feet long and
weighs 50,162 pounds. Fully deployed with solar arrays extended, the observatory
measures 45.3 feet long and 64 feet wide.
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 our universe.
Keywords
STS-93 Columbia Chandra X-ray Observatory Payload Payload Bay Door Inertial Upper Stage IUS
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, Space Probes, Deep Space Studies,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
99PP-0854
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000854
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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