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Chandra X-ray Observatory

ExplorationActiveLaunched 1999-07-23

Mission overview

Chandra is NASA's flagship X-ray observatory, imaging black holes, supernova remnants, and galaxy clusters.

Outcome & discoveries

Produced the sharpest X-ray images of the high-energy universe.

Knowledge connections

Operated byNASA
Named afterSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
StudiesSagittarius A*
Operated bySmithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
ObservesX-ray
ObservedCrab Nebula
Associated withHEASARC

Mission	Type	Agency	Launch	Status
Freedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3)	Crewed suborbital	NASA	1961-05-05	Completed
Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)	Crewed orbital	NASA	1962-02-20	Completed
Apollo 8The Moon	Crewed lunar orbit	NASA	1968-12-21	Completed
Apollo 11The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1969-07-16	Completed
Apollo 13The Moon	Crewed lunar (aborted)	NASA	1970-04-11	Completed
Apollo 17The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1972-12-07	Completed

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

Quick facts

Type: Space mission
Agency: NASA
Mission type: Space telescope
Destination: High Earth orbit
Launch date: 1999-07-23
Status: Active

Scientific citations

Real, source-backed references — primary papers first, then datasets and institutional sources. Formatted through the citation engine; nothing is fabricated.

Mission pageChandra X-ray Observatory

NASA

Cite (APA / BibTeX)

NASA (n.d.). Chandra X-ray Observatory. NASA. https://chandra.harvard.edu/

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  title        = {Chandra X-ray Observatory},
  organization = {NASA},
  year         = {n.d.},
  url          = {https://chandra.harvard.edu/},
  note         = {Official page for Chandra X-ray Observatory.}
}

Quality & authority

31%

Unreviewed

Completeness: Complete
Source coverage: Partial
Citation coverage: None
Relationship coverage: Complete
Review coverage: None
Image coverage: None

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Related missions

Mission	Type	Agency	Launch	Status
Freedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3)	Crewed suborbital	NASA	1961-05-05	Completed
Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)	Crewed orbital	NASA	1962-02-20	Completed
Apollo 8The Moon	Crewed lunar orbit	NASA	1968-12-21	Completed
Apollo 11The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1969-07-16	Completed
Apollo 13The Moon	Crewed lunar (aborted)	NASA	1970-04-11	Completed
Apollo 17The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1972-12-07	Completed

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

NASA (n.d.). Chandra X-ray Observatory. NASA. https://chandra.harvard.edu/ @misc{cite:obs-space_telescope-chandra-x-ray-observatory, title = {Chandra X-ray Observatory}, organization = {NASA}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://chandra.harvard.edu/}, note = {Official page for Chandra X-ray Observatory.} }