The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO): An Overview

Significant advances in science inevitably occur when the state of the art in instrumentation improves. NASA’s newest Great Observatory, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) – formally known as the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) – launched on July 23, 1999 and represents such an advance. The CXO is designed to study the x-ray emission from all categories of astronomical objects from normal stars to quasars.