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Chandra XTE J1550-564 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 (now NGST) 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.
Chandra XTE J1550-564 Press Kit
Contents:
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NASA Press Release (03 Oct 02)
From Cradle
To Grave: Chandra Discovers The History Of Black Hole X-Ray
Jets
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Press Guide to Science Contacts
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Fact Sheets & Biographies
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Fact Sheets
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The Chandra X-Ray
Observatory
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Biographies
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John A.
Tomsick
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Philip Kaaret
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Neil deGrasse
Tyson
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Kim Weaver
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Still Images, Time-Lapse Movies & Animations
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Still Images
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Collage of Chandra's Observations of XTE J1550-564
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Illustration
of X-ray Binary System
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Close-up Image
of Western Jet in XTE J1550-564
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Chandra
Image of X-ray PKS 1127-145
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Time-Lapse Movies
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Time-Lapse
Movies Of XTE J1550-564
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Animations
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Animation
of an X-ray Binary System
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Simulation
of Jet Evolution
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Press Kit in
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