Image: STS-93 Deployment of Chandra (deploy1)
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Description: This 70mm frame shows the Chandra X-ray Observatory, backdropped against a desert area in Namibia, just before its release from Columbia's payload bay. This scene is one of a series of still photos recorded by the crew before and during the deployment of the 50,162 pound observatory.
Title: STS-93 Deployment of Chandra (deploy1)
Credit: http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/deploy/index.html (image link)
Author: NASA
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