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 space and inserted into Ear... |
12 June 2008
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NASA's GLAST satellite, or the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, set to study the universe at its highest energies was scheduled for launch on June 3rd, between 11:45 a.m. and 1:40 p.m. EDT from the Launch Complex 17 at NASA's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GLAST will be carried into space with the h... |
26 May 2008
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NASA's gamma-ray telescope developed in order to explore the high-energy universe, such as astrophysical and cosmological phenomena occurring inside active galactic nuclei, pulsars, dark matter and so on, has been fitted recently with the Ku-band communication system. The Ku-band system will have the role of ens... |
22 April 2008
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Try taking a look at the night sky for a while, from time to time. It's kind of boring, isn't it? Nothing ever happens, there is peace and quiet everywhere you look. Or is it? Astronomers say the universe is a chaotic place, where massive explosions take place all the time in order to release large amounts ... |
25 January 2008
10:21 GMT |
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