Controllers turn to operations as Chandra reaches final orbit
NASA'S CHANDRA advanced x-ray astrophysics facility (AXAF) reached its final orbit early Saturday, and ground controllers at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., turned to the task of setting the big x-ray telescope up for its science mission. The TRW-built spacecraft's...
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