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chandrahq.jpg Assistant Flight Director Gwen Artis, (from right), and Flight Directors Lewis Wooten and Steve Terry, of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., react to the liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia carrying the Chandra X-ray Observatory, early Friday morning. They are at the Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass., from where the world's most powerful X-ray observatory will be controlled throughout its five year mission of discovery.
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liftoff.jpg Assistant Flight Director Gwen Artis, (from right), and Flight Directors Lewis Wooten and Steve Terry, of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., react to the liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia carrying the Chandra X-ray Observatory, early Friday morning. They are at the Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass., from where the world's most powerful X-ray observatory will be controlled throughout its five year mission of discovery.
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occ4.jpg Marshall Center Flight Directors Sam Digesu and Jay Onken (right) monitor Wednesday's STS-93 countdown for launch of the Marshall-managed Chandra X-ray Observatory from their console at the Chandra Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass.
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occ1.jpg Flight Directors Lewis Wooten (left) and Steve Terry of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., monitor the final minutes of the STS-93 countdown prior to Thursday morning's scrub for inclement weather. Wooten and Terry are at the Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, from where the world's most powerful X-ray observatory will be controlled after launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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occ5.jpg Flight Director Steve Terry of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., monitors the final minutes of the STS-93 countdown prior to Thursday morning's scrub for inclement weather. Wooten and Terry are at the Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, from where the world's most powerful X-ray observatory will be controlled after launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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cfa-exterior-thm.jpg The Chandra X-ray Observatory Science Center will provide researchers with support that includes data processing and a science data archive. The science center is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and is situated at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on the campus of Harvard University.
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occ-exterior1-thm.jpg NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory flight operations will be managed from the Chandra Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass. The control center is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
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occ-exterior2-thm.jpg NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory flight operations will be managed from the Chandra Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass. The control center is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
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occ-exterior3-thm.jpg NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory flight operations will be managed from the Chandra Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass. The control center is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
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occ-room-thm.jpg Control Room floor plan for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass.
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chiefeng.jpg Chandra X-ray Observatory Chief Engineer, Ken Stephens of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., participates in a management meeting during simulation activities at the Chandra Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass.
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consolesim.jpg Chandra X-ray Observatory Flight Directors Lewis Wooten, right, and Jay Onken, both of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., participate in a flight simulation of the Chandra observatory. The simulation was Jan. 14 at the Operations Control Cener in Cambridge, Mass. Onken and Wooten are members of a Marshall Center team preparing for the launch of the world's most powerful X-ray telescope.
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simteam2.jpg Members of the Chandra X-ray Observatory operations management team meet during a simulation at the Chandra Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass., on Jan 12.
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simteam3.jpg Members of the Chandra X-ray Observatory simulation team work behind the scenes at the Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass., to provide realistic training for the Chandra Control team.
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