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...Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Faculty (AXAF), an orbital observatory for detailed long range study of x-ray emmissions in space, should be under construction by 1987 and is expected to be operational from 1990 to 2005, said Associate Director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvey D. Tananbaum, head of the project...
...foot long AXAF will travel into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle to an altitude of about 288 miles, where the high resolution x-ray telescope will orbit the earth. Its highly sensitive eye will include instruments for detection and spectral analysis...
...project is part of a long range government drive to upgrade the country's astrophysics capabilities, Newton said, adding that the AXAF project could revolutionize the study of space...
...Einstein Observatory, which orbited the Earth from 1978-1981, was a less powerful prototype of AXAF. It provided scientific access to previously unseen areas of space...
...AXAF, 100 times more powerful, will "live" five times as long and will produce clearer, more accurate pictures, Tananbaum said...