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English: The primary duty of the STS-93 crew was to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. It was also one of the first actions of the crew, occurring just a few hours following Columbia's arrival in Earth orbit. This is one of a series of electronic still photos recorded by the crew during the deployment of the 50,162 pound observatory.
Date Taken on 23 July 1999
Source http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/deploy/index.html (image link)
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This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: S93-E-5129.

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