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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar decided to work out what would happen if Einstein's special theory of relativity was applied to the processes that went on inside.
The Papers span Chandrasekhar's career and document his student years at Cambridge University, his teaching career at the University of Chicago, scientific.!
Named in honor of the late Indian-American Astronomer, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and launched on July 23, 1999 aboard the
Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-93 mission), the Chandra X-ray Observatory uses its four highly sensitive mirrors to focus x-
rays from celestial objects to explore black holes, clusters of galaxies, and exploded stars.
The Chandra program is
managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. This photograph shows a TRW technician inspecting the
completely assembled Chandra X-ray Observatory in the Thermal Vacuum Chamber at TRW Space and Electronics Group of Redondo
Beach, California.
Image credit: NASA/MSFC
Original image:
www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/gallery/msfc_iow_20...
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