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Contains 29 Results:
AXAF letters, 1983
File — Container: 12, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility was a telescope using x-rays to see the “empty” space between stars and galaxies that is actually filled with superhot gas. The AXAF was proposed to produce sharp, magnified images in x-rays that complement those made by the Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. Renamed the Chandra X-ray Observatory CXO, the telescope was launched on the space shuttle Columbia in 1999. It is known as one of the Great Observatories. In the early...
Dates:
1983
AXAF brochure, undated
File — Container: 12, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility was a telescope using x-rays to see the “empty” space between stars and galaxies that is actually filled with superhot gas. The AXAF was proposed to produce sharp, magnified images in x-rays that complement those made by the Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. Renamed the Chandra X-ray Observatory CXO, the telescope was launched on the space shuttle Columbia in 1999. It is known as one of the Great Observatories. In the early...
Dates:
undated
AXAF grant, 1977
File — Container: 12, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility was a telescope using x-rays to see the “empty” space between stars and galaxies that is actually filled with superhot gas. The AXAF was proposed to produce sharp, magnified images in x-rays that complement those made by the Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. Renamed the Chandra X-ray Observatory CXO, the telescope was launched on the space shuttle Columbia in 1999. It is known as one of the Great Observatories. In the early...
Dates:
1977
AXAF ad hoc committee, 1983
File — Container: 12, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility was a telescope using x-rays to see the “empty” space between stars and galaxies that is actually filled with superhot gas. The AXAF was proposed to produce sharp, magnified images in x-rays that complement those made by the Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. Renamed the Chandra X-ray Observatory CXO, the telescope was launched on the space shuttle Columbia in 1999. It is known as one of the Great Observatories. In the early...
Dates:
1983