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Chandra flies 200 times higher than Hubble - more than 1/3 of the way to the moon! |
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Chandra can observe X-rays from clouds of gas so vast that it takes light five million years to go from one side to the
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During maneuvers from one target to the next, Chandra slews more slowly than the minute hand on a clock. |
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At 45 feet long, Chandra is the largest satellite the shuttle has ever launched! |
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If Colorado were as smooth as Chandra's mirrors, Pikes Peak would be less than one inch tall! |
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Chandra's resolving power is equivalent to the ability to read a stop sign at a distance of twelve miles. |
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The electrical power required to operate the Chandra spacecraft and instruments is 2 kilowatts, about the same power as a hair dryer. |
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The light from some of the quasars observed by Chandra will have been traveling through space for ten billion years. |
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STS-93, the space mission that deployed Chandra, was the first NASA shuttle mission commanded by a woman. |
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Chandra can observe X-rays from particles up to the last second before they fall into a black hole!!! |
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