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Steve Hawley Where Are They Now? Steve Hawley

Steve Hawley was the flight engineer on the STS-93 Columbia mission that carried Chandra into space in 1999.
At a recent symposium celebrating 15 years of Chandra Science, Steve sat down over breakfast to talk about his illustrious career so far, and plans for the future.Full Story
Chandra Status

A Chandra press release was issued on Nov 4. [more]

Chandra Blog

NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula

Spotlight On
Guitar Nebula

Guitar Nebula [11/20/2024]
A nebula and pulsar located about 2,700 light-years from Earth.

Chandra Podcasts
Tour: Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another

Take Chandra anywhere! Just download Chandra Podcasts to your portable MP3 player and go. Now playing: Tour: Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another

Desktop of the Week
G299

G299.2-2.9: A supernova remnant in the Milky Way about 16,000 light years from Earth. Download Desktop.

Harvey
Harvey's Voyage
On April 20, 2014, Harvey Tananbaum stepped down after 23 years as director of the Chandra X-ray Center (CXC). Full Story.
TYREL & JATILA
TYREL JOHNSON & JATILA VAN DER VEEN
On April 18, 1998, NASA announced a contest to name the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), which was scheduled for launch in December of that year.Full Story.
Mirror Man
Mirror Man
Less than 50 years after the first detection of an extrasolar X-ray source, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has achieved an increase in sensitivity comparable to going from naked-eye observations to the most powerful optical telescopes over the past 400 years.Full Story.
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