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... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''Chandra X-ray Observatory'''''
Image = Image:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory.jpg 200px Organization = NASA-Office of Space Science (United States) Major_Contractors = Mission_Type = Astronomy ... The Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, or AXAF) was built around a high-resolution grazing incidence X-ray telescope which will make astrophysical observations in the 0 ...

... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory'''''
Image = Image:Compton_Gamma_Ray_Observatory_STS-37.jpg 200px Organization = NASA-Office of Space Science Applications (United States) Major_Contractors = ... = Space Shuttle The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO) is one of NASA's four "Great Observatories". GRO's specific mission is to study the sources and astrophysical processes (e.g., nuclear reactions, electron ...

... , 1961: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 272 pages, $10.00'' Space Astrophysics contains a collection of papers discussing astronomical and astrophysical problems that have been and are being solved by observations from ... Gas," "The Solar Wind and the Interplanetary Media," "The Moon," "The Electric Universe," "Astrostats for Astrophysical Research in Space," "Attitude Control of Artificial Satellites," "and "Choice of Grating Mountings Suitable for ...

... '''Year''' - 1999 '''Keywords''' - '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 1999.52.19 '''Number of Pages''' - 4 Abstract An astrophysical model is proposed to answer Fermi's question. Gamma-ray bursts have the correct rates ... the mean time between bursts is comparable to the timescale for the evolution of intelligence. Astrophysically plausible models suggest the present mean time between bursts to be ~ 108 years, and evolutionary ...

... mission of the Earth Observatory. The Earth Observatory would be a working information, research, policy, conference, and media center for environmental issues. As an Information Center, the Earth Observatory gathers video and data ... to all people of all nations. You are imagining ... the Earth Observatory and EarthMedia. In a short time, the Earth Observatory should become the definitive repository of trusted scientific data on the ...

Image:AOSO.jpg 200px Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory Category:Spacecraft

Image:OAO.jpg 200px Image:OAO_(2).jpg 200px Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Category:Spacecraft

Image:OGO.jpg 200px Image:OGO_(2).jpg 200px Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Category:Spacecraft

Image:OSO1.jpg 200px Orbiting Solar Observatory Category:Spacecraft

Image:OAO2.jpg 200px Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 Category:Spacecraft

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