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Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe, and the female personification of the United States, Columbia was the first of five Space…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
STS-93
1999 American crewed spaceflight to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory
STS-93 in 1999 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary mission was to launch the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Eileen Collins
American astronaut and pilot (born 1956)
Eileen Marie Collins is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel. A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA space telescope launched in 1999
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. Chandra is sensitive to X-ray sources 100 times…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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