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RE: GLAST

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NASA on Friday set June 5 for the launch of its GLAST space telescope to look deep into the universe, two days later than originally planned.
The gamma-ray large area space telescope (GLAST) will be launched into a 565 kilometres high orbit around the Earth, aboard a Delta II rocket next Thursday at the start of a two hour launch window beginning at 15:45 GMT.

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NASA's next science satellite, GLAST, will launch from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station no sooner than June 3, with the launch window extending from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.
However, a delay in the May 31 launch of Discovery could cause another delay in the mission of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope.

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NASA has announced that members of the public will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, otherwise known as GLAST.
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To submit a suggestion for the mission name, visit:

http://glast.sonoma.edu/glastname

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NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the U.S. Launch of the GLAST satellite is currently scheduled for no earlier than January 31, 2008 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, located on the eastern coast of Florida.

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Everyone likes getting high-tech presents for Christmas and Hanukkah, and the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington received a wonderful present this year - NASAs Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST).
GLAST arrived at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) soon after Thanksgiving on November 28 in a large container. It was shipped by a tractor trailer truck that transported it from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in Gilbert, Ariz.
Almost like children who can't wait to open their presents, the GLAST mission engineers and scientists opened the protective container that GLAST was shipped in, and are preparing the satellite for testing before Christmas. They'll be testing GLAST to make sure it can endure the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space.

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NASA's Gamma-ray Large AreaSpace Telescope (GLAST) has arrived at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) inWashington, for its final round of testing.The GLAST spacecraft has successfully completed two of its three environmentaltests at the prime contractor, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systemsin Gilbert, Ariz. These tests included exposure to extreme vibrations andelectromagnetic fields.

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NASA's New Gamma Ray Satellite Currently Lodging in a Comfortable 'Clean Room'
NASA's Gamma ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) awaits its launch in December this year and is currently living in a "clean room" at General Dynamics in Gilbert, Ariz., while it's being checked and tested.
A clean room is an environment that is used in scientific research or for building things like computer chips and satellites. It is designed to have low levels of contaminants or environmental pollutants such as aerosols (tiny airborne particles), chemical vapours, dust, and airborne microscopic organisms.
Clean rooms basically have controlled levels of contaminants that are specified by the number of particles per cubic meter at a specified particle size. Continually running the room air through filters limits the contaminants.

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A new NASA space telescope will give scientists a peek at some of the most energetic objects and events in the universe. The new Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope to be launched next spring doesn't see visible light like our eyes, but gamma rays, the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum.
They are produced by black holes, supernovae, neutron stars and other phenomena.
GLAST will be the first gamma-ray observatory to survey the entire sky. Scientists are hoping it will provide clues about dark matter, the early universe and allow them to test fundamental principles of physics.

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