SIRTF Gained Capability, Reliability in Redesigns
Once upon a time SIRTF stood for Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility, a 1-meter-class cryogenically cooled infrared telescope that would ride to orbit as a Spacelab payload and be tended by astronauts. That was in 1979, and scientists on the Space Infrared Telescope Facility today are glad it didn't...
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