GLAST Blasts into Space

One of the most expected launches of the year was carried out yesterday at approximately 12:05 pm EDT from NASA's Launch Complex 17-B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with the help of a Delta II rocket. The newest high-energy gamma-ray space observatory GLAST was launched into sp... [ read more >> ]

Image showing the GLAST Observatory launching into space atop a Delta II rocket

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Image showing the GLAST Observatory launching into space atop a Delta II rocket