Final 'Great Observatory' To Probe the Universe

Astronomers are eagerly awaiting data from NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), the last of the four "great observatories" conceived in the 1970s to give them a view of the Universe in all wavelengths unobscured by the Earth's atmosphere. In final checkout for an early 2003 launch...

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