Herschel Cryostat Delivered

The European Space Agency plans a five-month test campaign on the cryostat for Herschel, an infrared space telescope to be launched in 2007. Just delivered by EADS Astrium, the cryogenic unit is intended to prevent heat from the sensitive instruments on Herschel from drowning out faint infrared...

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