NASA Gets SIRTF Dust Cover Open
SIRTF BLOWS ITS TOP The protective dust cover atop NASA's new Space Infrared Telescope Facility has been ejected as planned, and the 1,900-lb. telescope's aperture door has opened. This will allow infrared radiation from deep-space objects to reach SIRTF's three instruments as the spacecraft begins...
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