A technician inspects the completely assembled Chandra X-ray Observatory, managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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