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(2009-08-20)
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TUSCALOOSA, AL
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You're probably familiar with spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope. But it's not the only set of eyes patrolling the heavens. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has been sending back pictures just as colorful and informative as those from Hubble, and this week, it celebrated its tenth anniversary in orbit.
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Martin Weisskopf is a project scientist who has worked on Chandra since it was just an idea, back in 1977. He spoke with Morning Edition host Brandon Hollingsworth from his office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
"Chandra's Greatest Hits," a collection of images from the X-ray observatory
Courtesy NASA
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