The ChandraX-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999.
The ChandraX-ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. It has eight-times greater resolution and is able to detect sources more than 20-times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope.
Rentgenová observatoř Chandra je rentgenový dalekohled, který pracuje na oběžné dráze Země. Je pojmenován podle přezdívky indického astrofyzika Subrahmanyana Chandrasekhara. [1 ] Observatoř vynesl na oběžnou dráhu raketoplán Columbia v roce…