Chandra X-Ray Observatory


Chandra on its way aboard Columbia (STS-93)
1999 July 23, 12:31 AM EDT

Workers at Eastman Kodak (Rochester, NY)
check the alignment of the Chandra
High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA).

Loading the HRMA into the
test chamber at the X-ray
Calibration Facility (XRCF)
(MSFC, Huntsville, AL)

Chandra X-ray Observatory during assembly
at TRW (Redondo Beach, California)