GLAST Undergoing Checkout
Credit: CARLETON BAILIE/UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE
NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (Glast) is embarking on roughly two months of on-orbit checkout following liftoff from Launch Complex 17B at Cape Canaveral at about 12:05 p.m. EDT June 11. The $690-million spacecraft, built by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and General Dynamics...
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