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Elizabeth Howell

Private servicing mission could extend life of NASA's Chandra space telescope

illustration of a telescope with solar panels outstretched. a colorful gas cloud is in the background

Nearly a quarter-century after its launch, a famed NASA X-ray telescope may get its first service call in space.

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory launched to Earth orbit in July 1999 to study high-energy events in the universe. Despite a few glitches in recent years, the telescope remains in good health — and a proposed private servicing mission could keep it that way.

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