NASA's STS-93 mission will launch the Chandra telescope to conduct its X-ray exploration of the Universe. Amongst crew members will beCNES astronaut Michel Tognini, whose previous experience includes the 1992 Antares mission to Mir. The shuttle mission will be commanded for the first time by a woman, Eileen Collins.
This index contains an animation of how the mission will work, and the Chandra science briefing of July 7th 1999.

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