Chandra :: Chronicles

An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.

Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.

Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.

All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category

Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.

A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.

A collection of illustrations, animations and video.

Chandra discoveries in an audio/video format.

An Interview with Will Dawson

What field did you work in before astronomy?
After graduating with my bachelor of science degree in Maritime Systems Engineering from Texas A&M at Galveston in 2002, I went to work in the offshore engineering industry at Technip. During my four years with Technip I was primarily involved with the design and analysis of Spars, which are floating offshore oil production platforms (essentially stiffened steel cylinders roughly 90 feet in diameter, 550 feet long and 25,000 tons).

What inspired you to change fields?
Ironically it was working directly with some of the giants of the industry (Ed Horton, Lyle Finn, Jim Maher and R.J. Brown) that the seed of my current endeavor was planted. Full Story

A real-time procedure was executed on May 10 to update the on-board ephemeris. [more]

Updated Chandra Web Site
[16 May 12]
We have refreshed the Chandra web site to a content "portal" format. Let us know what you think about the changes http://chandra.si.edu Highlights include: --"Learn About" portals...
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SN 2010jl [05/15/2012]
A supernova found in the galaxy UGC 5189A about 160 million light years from Earth.

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Cepheus B: A cloud of molecular hydrogen in the Milky Way about 2,400 light years from Earth. Download Desktop.

Changing the way we view the world
Thirty years of space shuttle flights came to an end on July 21, 2011 when Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down before dawn at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. "The space shuttle changed the way we view the world, the way we view the universe," Commander Chris Ferguson said soon after landing. Full Story.

Chandra: Promises Made and Kept
Not long ago a request came down from above for a list of Chandra's achievements that have "completely transformed the way we have viewed our world, solar system, sun, or universe." In other words, how many discoveries of the century have you made this year?. Full Story.

The Race to Explain a Star's Mysterious Cooling
Two new reports have uncovered remarkable details about the interior of a tiny star located in our Galaxy about 11,000 light years from Earth. These results, announced in this press release, reveal a superfluid forming in the neutron star in the famous Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant. Full Story.

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Apr 12 An Interview with Will Dawson

Nov 3 Changing the way we view the world

May 20 Chandra: Promises Made and Kept

Feb 23 The Race to Explain a Star's Mysterious Cooling

Nov 16 The Man Who Discovered SN 1979C and Beat the Machines

Oct 5 Chandra, Cosmos and Chemistry

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