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A quarter century later, Chandra remains the world's premier X-ray astrophysics facility - the crucial high energy component of NASA's fleet of flagship observatories. From resolving the hazy X-ray background into a speckled array dominated primarily by black holes to peering through a gravitational lens to peek at supermassive black hole formation at the edge of time, Chandra has continued to do things that no other X-ray observatory can. It is unique, it is powerful, and it is healthy - poised to help continue framing the future of high energy astrophysics for years to come. As we celebrate its ongoing success, I will provide a summary of some of the most exciting results from Chandra's ever-increasing scientific legacy, along with a look forward to its continued role as both a unique stand-alone facility and a core element for panchromatic investigations of the Universe.