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Rossi Prize awarded to Chandra project scientist Martin Weisskopf, fourth from national research center to receive honor

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Dr. Martin Weisskopf, chief project scientist for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, has received the Rossi Prize for research in astrophysics. He is the fourth scientist at the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Ala., to receive the honor from the American Astronomical Society.

Weisskopf is chief scientist for X-ray Astronomy in the Space Sciences Department at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville -- one of the partnering institutions of the National Space Science and Technology Center. (NASA/MSFC)

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