AXAF named for physicist; launch set in April
NASA has renamed the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) for Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who conducted theoretical work on the structure and evolution of stars, and has set a launch date for the oft-delayed "great observatory" no earlier than April 8, 1999. Final launch date...
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