Aug. 25, 2003: The Spitzer Space Telescope launches

NASA’s Great Observatories were intended to peer at the universe in different wavelengths: the Hubble Space Telescope in visible light, the Compton Gamma Ray in gamma rays, the Chandra X-ray Observatory in X-rays, and the Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared. The last of the four to be launched, Spitzer was carried into space on Aug.Continue reading “Aug. 25, 2003: The Spitzer Space Telescope launches”
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