Steve Roy
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Alabama
(Phone: 256.544.0034)
Media Advisory: 05-140
Attention: Early Morning Producer
Friday, Aug. 26, 2005
6-10 a.m. EDT
Free 10-minute windows--with B-roll
NASA Celebrates Six Years of Amazing Space Discoveries by Chandra X-ray Observatory
- In August 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory opened for business.
- During the past year Chandra imaged auroras from Jupiter and X-rays from Saturn, and shed new light on the early days of our solar system with an unprecedented view of the Orion Nebula.
- Chandra also discovered a black hole eruption -- the most powerful ever recorded in the universe -- which has lasted for 100 million years and is still going.
- The bus-size, six-ton spacecraft continues to unlock mysteries of the universe as it travels one-third of the way to the Moon every 64 hours in its egg-shaped, Earth orbit.
- One scientist has devoted almost 30 years of his life and career to the Chandra project. Talk with him about the exciting discoveries, and what lies ahead for Chandra.
Who: Dr. Martin Weisskopf, Chief Scientist, Chandra Program, Marshall Space Flight Center
Satellite Interview Information:
Jack Robertson
(256) 544-1517
jack.robertson@msfc.nasa.gov
Story Information:
Steve Roy, Public & Employee Communications
(256) 544-0034
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