Spitzer

On 25 August 2003, the Spitzer Space Telescope was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. She was the fourth and final mission in NASA's Great Observatories Program - Each of this family of four orbiting observatories, was to observe the Universe in a different kind of light (visible, gamma rays, X-rays, and infrared). Other missions in this program include the Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. While not enjoying the same "Celebrity" status as her older sister, Hubble, the images that Spitzer is sending back are no less spectacular. Video/Animation sequence and Photos NASA, Caltech/JPL http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer/index.shtml Music shores of infinity star sailor composed and performed by National Holographic http://www.myspace.com/nationalholographic conceived and produced by Dale Caruso