The sunshade door on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
The sunshade door on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory was successfully opened Aug. 12, clearing the way for the $1.5-billion telescope to begin collecting X-ray images. Ground controllers at Chandra's operations center in Cambridge, Mass., commanded separation of a pyrotechnic latch at 2 p.m. EDT...
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