NASA renames SIRTF telescope, releases first images
NASA has renamed the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) the Spitzer Space Telescope, and released the first images from the spacecraft on Dec. 18. The telescope was named after Lyman Spitzer Jr. (1914-1997), who in 1946 became the first to propose placing a large telescope in space to avoid...
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