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For Release: Aug. 23, 1999

Media Advisory: 99-200

Experts to Share First Pictures from
World’s Most Powerful X-ray Observatory

They are not the usual family vacation photos by Uncle Harry of Aunt Edna and the kids. These are literally out-of-this-world snapshots, and they are about ready for pickup, though not from the local "quick-photo." The first pictures taken by the newest member of NASA’s most powerful family of telescopes will be released Thursday, and they could change the way we look at the universe.

Compared to Uncle Harry’s, these far-out photos, captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, are like taking a picture of Aunt Edna in California from 3,000 miles away in New Jersey and multiplying the distance by billions.

This week you can interview experts about these first pictures, and what the Hubble Space Telescope’s sister, Chandra, means to our world and others.

Who:
Dr. Martin Weisskopf, Project Scientist
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Ala.

When:
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Satellite Interview Information:
Lindsey Rawl, Producer
(256) 544-2228
Pager (256) 544-1183 PIN 0025
Dr. Harvey Tananbaum, Director
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge, Mass.

Thurs. Aug. 26 or Fri. Aug. 27
3:30-7:30 p.m. 5-9 a.m. CD
5 minutes

GE-2, Transponder 9C,
85 degrees west longitude,
3880 MHz, audio: 6.8 MHz.


Story Information:
 Dave Drachlis, Media Relations
(256) 544-0034

Learn more about Chandra at:
http://chandra.nasa.gov
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