NASA plans April 18 launch of SIRTF observatory

NASA plans an April 18 launch of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which will study the oldest, coldest and most dust-obscured objects in the universe, or what NASA scientists have dubbed "the old, the cold and the dirty." "I believe SIRTF will significantly increase our understanding...

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