The $1.2-Billion NASA/Lockheed Martin SIRTF Observatory Is Finally Aloft
Credit: LOCKHEED MARTIN
The last of NASA's Great Observatories, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), is undergoing checkout 15,000 mi. from Earth this week following launch of the $1.2-billion mission here on board a Boeing Delta II Heavy booster Aug. 25. The SIRTF mission has been 25 years in the making (AW&ST...
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