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April 21, 2008
Powerful Antenna Attached to NASA's GLAST Satellite
The powerful antenna system that will enable NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) to communicate with stations on Earth has been successfully connected to the spacecraft in the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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April 14, 2008
Delta II Rocket Coming Together for NASA's GLAST Satellite Launch
The Delta II 7920-H, or "Heavy," rocket that will launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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April 9, 2008
NASA Opens the GLAST Burst Monitor Instrument Operations Center
Today, NASA opens the Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) Burst Monitor Instrument Operations Center, the focal point for observing gamma ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe.
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April 7, 2008
NASA Selects Three Research Fellows for GLAST Mission
After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions.
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April 1, 2008
International Media Accreditation Required Early for GLAST Launch
The launch of NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. To meet Air Force requirements, international media must submit accreditation requests for the GLAST launch before April 14.
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March 26, 2008
GLAST Has Eyes for Gamma Rays
Deciphering the genetic code of the universe is no easy task. Yet that's just what the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope's Large Area Telescope (LAT) seeks to accomplish. Integrated at SLAC in 2005 and 2006 from hardware fabricated at laboratories all around the world, the LAT will use its 880,000 silicon strips to detect high-energy gamma rays with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity, filling in gaps in understanding left by previous missions and pushing new boundaries in particle physics and astrophysics.
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March 10, 2008
Smooth Operators
Anyone walking by the LAT (Large Area Telescope) Instrument Science Operations Center (ISOC) Mission Support Room at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Menlo Park, Calif., last week may have deduced that the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) launched prematurely.
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March 4, 2008
GLAST Spacecraft Arrives in Florida to Prepare for Launch
NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for launch. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16.
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February 13, 2008
GLAST's Delta II Rocket's First Stage Arrives in Cape Canaveral
The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will be used to launch the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) into space in May has arrived at Hangar M on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. It joins the second stage, which is already at CCAFS.
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February 7, 2008
NASA Calls for Suggestions to Re-Name Future Telescope Mission
NASA announced Thursday that members of the general public from around the world will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, otherwise known as GLAST, observatory before it launches in mid-2008. The satellite will observe some of the most powerful forces known in the universe.
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