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Crab Nebula Press Kit
The Chandra X-ray Observatory
 The Chandra X-ray Observatory
is the third in NASA's family of Great Observatories that includes
the Hubble Space Telescope and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center manages the Chandra program. TRW
was the prime contractor for the spacecraft. Key subcontractors
include Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Inc., Eastman Kodak
Company, and Raytheon Optical Systems, Inc. The scientific
instruments were built by teams from MIT, Pennsylvania State
University, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Laboratory
for Space Research in the Netherlands, and the Max Planck Institute
in Germany. The Smithsonian's Chandra X-ray Center controls science
and flight operations from Cambridge, MA.
Crab Nebula Press Kit Contents:
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(28 Sep 99) NASA Press Release-
Chandra Discovers
X-ray Ring Around Cosmic Powerhouse in Crab Nebula
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A Press Guide to Chandra
Contacts
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Fact Sheets & Biographies
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Fact Sheets
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Crab Nebula Fact Sheet
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The Chandra X-ray
Observatory
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Exploring the Invisible
universe
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Chandra Quick Facts
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Biographies
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A. Bunner
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J. Hester
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M. Ruderman
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M.Weisskopf
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Still Images & Video
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Still Images
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Crab Nebula Chandra image
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Crab Nebula Optical comparison
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Constellation
Taurus
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Video
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NASA Press
Briefing - Diamond Ring Surrounds Crab Pulsar
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Chandra &
the Crab Nebula Animation
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