Astronomy in Space.(Web Exclusive)(NASA launches the Space Infrared Telescope Facility)(Brief Article)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: August 29, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The report on the Columbia space shuttle disaster by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board thoroughly overshadowed a significant NASA accomplishment this week. Early in the morning on August 25, NASA launched the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, the last of NASA's series of Great Observatories, with the others being the Hubble Space Telescope (for visible light), Chandra X-ray Observatory, and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The SITF will essentially give astronomers heat-sensing night-vision goggles using the same technology that ...

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