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Powerful Antenna Attached to NASA's GLAST Satellite
The powerful antenna system that will enable NASA's GLAST to communicate with stations on Earth has been successfully connected to the spacecraft.
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GLAST Rocket Coming Together
The Delta II 7920-H rocket that will launch GLAST is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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NASA Opens GLAST Monitor Center
On April 9, 2008, NASA opened the GLAST Burst Monitor Instrument Operations Center, the focal point for observing the universe's most powerful explosions.
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GLAST Has Eyes for Gamma Rays
GLAST seeks to decipher the genetic code of the universe.
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NASA Selects Three Research Fellows for GLAST Mission
After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on GLAST mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions.
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NASA's GLAST Satellite Gets Twin Solar Panels in Prep for Launch
GLAST's twin solar panels, which will provide electrical power for GLAST after its launch, have been attached.
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GLAST Spacecraft Arrives in Florida to Prepare for Launch
NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center.
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GLAST's Delta II Rocket's First Stage Arrives in Cape Canaveral
The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will be used to launch GLAST into space arrived at Hangar M at Cape Canaveral.
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NASA Requests Public Suggestions to Rename GLAST Satellite
NASA announced the public will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope observatory before it launches in mid-2008.
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SLAC's LAT Instrument Science Operations Center Prepares for the GLAST Launch
As part of their preparations for GLAST's May 16th launch, LAT collaborators rehearsed data-taking shifts with simulated data.
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GLAST Spacecraft Arrives in Florida to Prepare for Launch
NASA's GLAST spacecraft arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for launch.
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Revealing the Delta Rocket That Will be Used to Launch the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope in May.
In Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance Delta II first stage is revealed after the cover was removed from the truck that delivered it.
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GLAST Satellite Unwrapped for the Holidays
The Naval Research Laboratory in Washington received a wonderful present this year: NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope.
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GLAST Satellite Arrives at Naval Research Lab for Testing
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope has arrived for its final round of testing at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington.
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GLAST Will Have a Check-Up by the Light of the Moon
The gently glowing moon is more than just a pretty ball in the sky—for gamma-ray astronomers, the moon could become a unique target for calibrating instruments such as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST).
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GLAST's Dance Card Begins to Fill: With CGRaBS and Blazars
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled for launch early next year, and although it will observe a great variety of interesting high-energy sources, one type of object in particular is expected to dominate the gamma-ray sky: a special class of active galactic nuclei known as "blazars."
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GLAST Collaborators Rehearse Launch Activities
During the week of October 8, 2007, the researchers and engineers who will operate the LAT and analyze its data rehearsed the activities they will undertake to activate and checkout the instrument during its first 60 days of orbit.
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GLAST's LAT Team Members Receive Award at NASA
On Friday, October 19, 2007, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) Project awarded certificates of appreciation to the 58 members of the LAT Environmental Test team.
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New NASA and NOAO Partnership to Open Doors of Cosmic Discovery
The GLAST-NOAO agreement will enable astronomers to propose for funding from GLAST to observe interesting objects in vastly different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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NASA's New Gamma Ray Satellite Now in 'Clean Room' Facility
NASA's Gamma ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) lives in a "clean room" while it awaits its December launch.