• A large spacecraft is in orbit against the black background of the cosmos. The spacecraft has a long cylinder flanked by twin arrays of solar panels.
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    The Chandra X-ray Observatory (seen in this illustration) is the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Chandra X-ray Center controls science operations from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and flight operations from Burlington, Massachusetts.

  • A large spacecraft is in orbit against the black background of the cosmos. The spacecraft has a long cylinder flanked by twin arrays of solar panels.

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September 30, 2022

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