It was launched July 23, 1999, by the Shuttle Columbia ( STS-93 ).

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a space telescope launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999.

AXAF was renamed Chandra in 1998 and launched in 1999 by the shuttle Columbia ( STS-93 ).

Collins was also the first female commander of a U. S. Spacecraft with Shuttle mission STS-93, launched in July 1999, which deployed the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

* STS-93 was the mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia launched July 23, 1999.

STS-93 Columbia ( July 22 – 27, 1999 ) was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on a 5-day mission returning to KSC for the 12th night landing in the Shuttle Program's history.

* Chandra X-ray Observatory, a satellite launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999

It was launched in 1999 aboard Columbia during STS-93 and was initially named the Advanced X-ray Astronomical Facility ( AXAF ).

STS-93 on Columbia ( July 22 to 27, 1999 ) was a five-day mission during which Coleman was the lead mission specialist for the deployment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Other payloads on STS-93 included the Midcourse Space Experiment ( MSX ), the Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Local Exhaust ( SIMPLEX ), the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System ( SWUIS ), the Gelation of Sols: Applied Microgravity Research ( GOSAMR ) experiment, the Space Tissue Loss – B ( STL-B ) experiment, a Light Weight Flexible Solar Array Hinge ( LFSAH ), the Cell Culture Module ( CCM ), the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment – II ( SAREX – II ), EarthKAM, Plant Growth Investigations in Microgravity ( PGIM ), the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus ( CGBA ), the Micro-Electrical Mechanical System ( MEMS ), and the Biological Research in Canisters ( BRIC ).

Twenty-seven were soon melted and the remaining 12 were on board Space Shuttle Columbia for the July 1999 STS-93 mission.

He served as a mission specialist on STS-41D in 1984, STS-61C in 1986, STS-31 in 1990, STS-82 in 1997 and STS-93 in 1999.

Tognini flew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-93 ( July 22 – 27, 1999 ).

The twelve surviving gold dollars were sent into space aboard Columbia on mission STS-93 in July 1999.

He piloted space shuttle missions STS-93 in July 1999 and STS-100 in April 2001, and commanded mission STS-112 in October 2002.

STS-93 was Coleman's second space flight in 1999.

STS-93 launches in 1999

The primary objective of the STS-93 mission was to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory ( formerly the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility ) with its Inertial Upper Stage booster.

He was replaced by Kent Rominger and was assigned to pilot STS-93 instead.

STS-114 marked the return to flight of the Space Shuttle after the Columbia disaster and was the second Shuttle flight with a female commander ( Eileen Collins, who also commanded the STS-93 mission ).

Space Shuttle launches get numbers with the prefix STS, for example, STS-93.

STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle.

Chandra X-ray Observatory sits inside the payload bay for Columbia ’ s mission STS-93.

Columbia's two last successful flights, STS-93 and STS-109, both had night landings.

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BBC Text originally launched on digital terrestrial services in 1999, and was later introduced on satellite and cable platforms.

In September 2005, BBCi launched an update to the interactivity available from the BBC's Radio channels on Freeview.

The channel launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17: 30 as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989.

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As a direct result of this, a brand new style across all presentation for the channel launched on 8 December 2003 at 09: 00.

An international version of the countdown was launched on BBC World News on 5 September 2005 featuring more international content and similar music.