NASA Celebrates Chandra X-Ray Observatory's 10th Anniversary

Ten years ago, on July 23, 1999, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia and deployed into orbit. Chandra has doubled its original five-year mission, ushering in an unprecedented decade of discovery for the high-energy universe.With its unrivaled ability to create high-resolution X- ray images, Chandra has enabled astronomers to investigate phenomena as