CXC Home | Search | Help | Image Use Policy | Latest Images | Privacy | Accessibility | Glossary | Q&A
Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
How It All Started (07-26-2007)
Just after midnight on July 23, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched in orbit with the heaviest payload ever carried by a shuttle. Its precious cargo was the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which has helped revolutionize our understanding of the Universe.
- Related Links:
-- STS-93 - Chandra Deployment Mission
Just after midnight on July 23, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched in orbit with the heaviest payload ever carried by a shuttle. Its precious cargo was the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which has helped revolutionize our understanding of the Universe.
- Download Video (30.8 MB, Runtime: 4:32)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- STS-93 - Chandra Deployment Mission
Putting Chandra In Its Place (07-27-2006)
How the Chandra X-ray Observatory fits into the modern astronomer's toolkit. Chandra is one of NASA's "Great Observatories". The Great Observatories were four missions selected by NASA to explore different types of radiation and really tackle the biggest questions in astronomy.
How the Chandra X-ray Observatory fits into the modern astronomer's toolkit. Chandra is one of NASA's "Great Observatories". The Great Observatories were four missions selected by NASA to explore different types of radiation and really tackle the biggest questions in astronomy.
- Download Video (17.4 MB, Runtime: 3:45)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
Chandra, Not Your Backyard Telescope (06-09-2006)
X-ray telescopes like Chandra are not like the telescopes you find in backyards or at the local observatory. In addition to being above the Earth's atmosphere, they need to have special mirrors to detect the X-rays that pass through most objects.
X-ray telescopes like Chandra are not like the telescopes you find in backyards or at the local observatory. In addition to being above the Earth's atmosphere, they need to have special mirrors to detect the X-rays that pass through most objects.
- Download Video (28.5 MB, Runtime: 5:48)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
How Chandra Does What It Does (05-11-2006)
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, in orbit since 1999, studies the high-energy Universe, where black holes, exploding stars, and mysterious matter hold sway.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, in orbit since 1999, studies the high-energy Universe, where black holes, exploding stars, and mysterious matter hold sway.
- Download Video (18.5 MB, Runtime: 4:02)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
