Chandra

Workers at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., check the alignment of the Chandra observatory’s High-Resolution Mirror Assembly.



  • The assembled telescope before unveiling
  • Chandra X-ray telescope is put in a vacuuum chamber
  • Chandra observatory's High-Resolution Mirror Assembly
  • The optical bench is mated with the high resolution mirror assembly.
  • Two transmission gratings used in the Chandra telescope