Clips may be downloaded from this site. Quality is rather low for the web-based graphics to keep bandwidth requirements reasonable. RealVideo is typically the most compressed, with the lowest quality, QuickTime is larger but somewhat better, and AVI is much larger and slightly better still. Chandra's mirrors undergo testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center's X-ray Calibration Facility. Chandra's Science Instrument Module is mated with the Observatory.
Assembled spacecraft is moved for further testing.
The Chandra observatory arrives at Kennedy Space Center, where it is received by the STS-93 crew and others. In a beautiful night launch, the Shuttle carries Chandra aloft. Includes prelaunch footage, also additional footage not shown here. Chandra in the payload bay, released, and receeding into the distance. Several segments covering what Chandra will study, what we might learn, how sensitive Chandra is, why x-ray astronomy, and about the orbit.