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What it takes to keep NASA’s flagship Chandra observatory flying for a quarter of a century

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. On July 23, 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory was launched into space by five astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia as it flew over the Indonesian island chain. | Credit: NASA NASA’s flagship for the last 25 years Chandra… Read More »