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	Space observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Space observatories can generally be divided into two classes: missions which map the entire sky (surveys), and observatories which make observations of chosen parts of the sky.
		SOHO is a solar observatory that is currently operational and used for the study of the Sun's corona and magnetic environments.
		The James Webb Space Telescope is intended to replace the Hubble Space Telescope and is planned for launch between 2009 and 2011.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_observatory (722 words)

	Workshops on Basic Space Science: World Space Observatory
		It was noted that the World Space Observatory would present an excellent possibility to enable basic space scientists in developing countries to work and collaborate on an equal basis with their counterparts in the developed world.
		It had become clear from the operation of astronomical space observatories during the previous 25 years that much of the information needed to attack the major problems in astrophysics and cosmology could only be obtained if access to all wavelength domains was available to the entire astronomical community.
		The World Space Observatory should be conceived not as technology development projects for developed countries but as low-cost projects where the main emphasis would be on the required observation sensitivity and the stability of operations.
	www.columbia.edu /~ah297/un-esa/ws1997-observatory.html (2193 words)

	Space Astronomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein Observatory.
		The Institute for Space Astrophysics (IAS) in Orsay, France, is a laboratory of French CNRS and University of Paris-Orsay.
		Swift is a three-telescoipe space observatory (gamma-ray telescope, X-ray telescope, and ultraviolet/optical telescope) for studying gamma ray bursts.
	www.vilspa.esa.es /astroweb/yp_space.html (8384 words)

	Cnes - CNES Space Observatory
		Several of them have already informed the Space Observatory that they are interested in enriching their programme of events or enhancing their collections with items relating to space activity, such as instruments, scientific results or historical and sociological facts.
		The Space Observatory thus contributes to a renewal of dialogue between researchers, mediators and the general public, by mobilising many partners in France around many different topics.
		Its ambition is to show the general public the most varied aspects of space and more generally, space technologies and discoveries in many fields of science and society, which are of real concern to everyone in their activities and a vital part of their imagination.
	www.cnes.fr /html/_455_3311_3393_.php (194 words)

	Infrared Space Observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was a space telescope for infrared light designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS (part of JAXA as of 2003) and NASA.
		The ISO was designed to study the infrared at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometres.
		It was finally launched into space in November 1995 and operated until it ran out of liquid helium in May 1998; 8 months longer than the original goal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Infrared_Space_Observatory (209 words)

	Space Today Online - Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
		Compton was the second of NASA's four great observatories in space and the first major space observatory to make a systematic survey of natural sources of gamma rays.
		Compton was the first large space observatory to survey natural sources of gamma rays across the Universe.
		NASA's Great Observatories for Space Astrophysics had been planned as a family of four orbiting satellites carrying telescopes designed to study the universe in both visible light and non-visible forms of radiation.
	www.spacetoday.org /DeepSpace/Telescopes/GreatObservatories/Compton/Compton.html (667 words)

	NASA - The Spitzer Space Telescope
		The Spitzer Space Telescope is the fourth and final element in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's family of orbiting "Great Observatories," which includes the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
		The observatory is capable of studying the cosmos at infrared wavelengths from 3 to 180 microns (a human hair is about 50 microns in diameter).
		The observatory uses the vapor from the boil-off of its cryogen fluid to cool the telescope assembly down to its optimal operating temperature of 5.5 Kelvin (-268 Celsius, or -450 Fahrenheit).
	www.nasa.gov /audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_The_Spitzer_Space_Telescope.html (2040 words)

	Space Today Online - 400th anniversary of the telescope
		In 1990, astronomers aboard space shuttle Columbia used the ultraviolet and X-ray telescopes of the ASTRO space shuttle observatory to study quasars, pulsars, fl holes, galaxies, and high-energy stars.
		Paranal Observatory is atop 8,645-ft. Cerro Paranal (Paranal Hill) in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, arguably the driest area on Earth.
		Named for the space agency's second administrator, the Webb Space Telescope will be aboard a satellite to be launched after 2010 to an orbit 940,000 miles out in space at the second Lagrange Point, or L2.
	www.spacetoday.org /DeepSpace/Telescopes/400thAnniversary/TelescopeAnniv400.html (3411 words)

	Cnes - PR19-2004 - CNES Space Observatory at the Sun exhibition
		The CNES Space Observatory’s contribution to this exhibition aims to show the public how space activities are related to an area that influences our everyday lives, has shaped our history and fuels our imagination.
		This approach—which aims to promote the benefits that space and space activities bring to cultural development, through a varied heritage built up in nearly half a century—will be a key part of events planned for the next European Heritage Days devoted to our science and engineering heritage.
		The objective of the CNES Space Observatory is to share knowledge of space with museums and cultural organizations.
	www.cnes.fr /html/_455_465_2412_.php (319 words)

	UCL Space & Climate Physics
		We aim to unravel the mysteries of space through research in fields ranging from the Earth's climate to a study of explosive events that occurred at the very limits of the known Universe.
		Space science is a discipline that demands highly innovative technologies and MSSL has an international reputation for excellence in this area.
		MSSL is UCL's Department of Space and Climate Physics.
	www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk (303 words)

	Hubble Telescope Products
		The Hubble Space Telescope is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to operate a long-lived space-based observatory for the benefit of the international astronomical community.
		HST is an observatory first dreamt of in the 1940s, designed and built in the 1970 and 80s, and operational only in the 1990s.
		HST is a 2.4-meter reflecting telescope which was deployed in low-Earth orbit (600 kilometers) by the crew of the space shuttle Discovery (STS-31) on 25 April 1990.
	www.thespacestore.com /huteitandin.html (160 words)

	Onsala Space Observatory
		The observatory operates the two radio telescopes in Onsala, 45 km south of Göteborg, in the mm and cm wavelength regions, and is one of three partners in the APEX telescope in Chile.
		The main scientific focus is on the origins of stars and galaxies using high frequency spectroscopy and high resolution observations in radio astronomy, and the application of these techniques in Earth/environmental science.
		Onsala Space Observatory is part of the Department of Radio and Space Science at Chalmers.
	www.oso.chalmers.se (202 words)

	An Observatory In Space
		It was launched in 1990 from Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-31 mission.
		he Hubble Space Telescope was designed to be delivered into orbit by the Space Shuttle and to be serviced periodically in space by Shuttle astronauts.
		The test vehicle was refurbished for this exhibit by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, Jackson and Tull, NSI Technology Services, Swales and Associates, Hughes Danbury Optical Systems, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
	www.nasm.si.edu /galleries/gal114/SpaceRace/sec500/sec560.htm (299 words)

	Herschel Space Observatory - Summary
		The Herschel Space Observatory ais scheduled for launch with the Planck Surveyor on February 15, 2007 by an Ariane 5ESV.
		The 3250 kg (7163 lbm) Herschel Space Observatory, formerly called FIRST (Far Infrared and Sub-millimeter Telescope), is an ESA Cornerstone mission.
		Herschel is a large imaging space telescope, with a primary mirror 3.5 m in diameter.
	www.spaceandtech.com /spacedata/logs/2007/herschel_sum.shtml (295 words)

	NASA Releases Rare Pictures From a Fourth Space Observatory
		The observatory, known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility when launched on Aug. 25, was renamed on Thursday in honor of Dr. Lyman Spitzer Jr., the famed Princeton astronomer who in 1946 first proposed launching telescopes into space, to avoid the obscuring effects of Earth's atmosphere.
		The Great Observatory series, conceived in the 1980's, also includes the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990; the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, launched in 1991 and decommissioned in 1999; and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, orbited in 1999.
		The Spitzer Space Telescope is able to detect the faint warmth of cool, distant objects by keeping its instruments extremely cold so that they are supersensitive.
	www.nytimes.com /2003/12/19/science/19SCOP.html?ex=1387256400&en=00a6d5d6ac82966e&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (731 words)

	SPACE Observatory — PARI WebSite
		The Space Observatory is an internet controlled remote optical imaging facility available to members of the Friends of PARI at the "Advisor level".
		The Space Observatory is located on the optical ridge of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute.
		This is a view of the SPACE Observatory.
	www.pari.edu /telescopes/OpticalTelescopes/observatory (139 words)

	CSA - James Webb Space Telescope, Successor to Hubble
		This major facility-class space observatory will be launched in 2011 and is a successor to the very successful 2.5-m Hubble Space Telescope.
		The sensitivity of the telescope will be limited only by the natural zodiacal background, and should exceed that of ground-based and other space-based observatories by factors of 10 to 100,000, depending on the wavelength and type of observation.
		The JWST observatory will have a 5- to 10-year lifetime and will not be serviceable by astronauts (as is Hubble).
	www.space.gc.ca /asc/eng/satellites/jwst.asp (598 words)

	Aerospace Technology - Herschel Space Observatory
		The two satellite telescopes are separate projects with different goals and will go into different orbits, but it has been decided that the two should be built under the same contract and launched on the same rocket flight due to the significant cost savings that can be made given similarities between the projects.
		The Herschel Space Observatory (originally called FIRST - Far-Infrared and Sub-millimetre Telescope) is an infrared telescope which is intended to discover how stars and galaxies were born.
		It will be in orbit further away from the Earth than any other such telescope in a so-called lissajous orbit around a virtual point in space known as the 2nd Lagrangian point (L2) of the Sun-Earth system, facing away from the sun.
	www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/herschel (683 words)

	Maryland Space Grant Observatory
		Observatory Open House is every Friday evening, WEATHER PERMITTING, starting at dusk.
		This telescope was provided by an anonymous donor, in honor of Morris W. Offit, past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Johns Hopkins University.
		The original telescope is at Apache Point Observatory where it is serving as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey monitor telescope.
	www.mdspacegrant.org /observatory.html (342 words)

	science@nasa - Universe Missions
		Swift is a three-telescope space observatory for studying the position, brightness, and physical properties of gamma ray bursts.
		The observatory is being developed and operated for NASA by a team led by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).
		Hipparcos was a European Space Agency mission dedicated to the precise measurement of the positions, parallaxes and proper motions of the stars.
	science.hq.nasa.gov /missions/universe.html (2712 words)

	Space Agencies
		The Department of Space Research and Applications of the Belgian Federal Science Policy office is in charge of managing the Belgian (public) participation in R&D activities carried out by industry and Belgian scientists in space-related matters.
		The International Space University is an interdisciplinary, intercultural and international institution preparing individuals to respond to the current needs and the increasing and evolving demands of the space sector, through multidisciplinary education and research programs.
		The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is the National public institution which co-ordinates and represents the space activities in Romania.
	www.cv.nrao.edu /fits/www/yp_agency.html (1181 words)

	Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
		The Andromeda galaxy appears tranquil in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope The mesmerizing infrared mosaic shows red waves of dust over a blue sea of stars.
		Many objects in the universe are hidden by thick clouds of gas and dust, or are too cool to be seen by optical telescopes.
		This image from the Midcourse Space Experiment shows the galactic plane as it cuts through a portion of the constellation.
	www.ipac.caltech.edu (363 words)

	NASA Telescope Launched on Japanese Space Observatory
		The high-resolution X-ray spectrometer was launched on board the Suzaku space observatory July 9 from Uchinoura Space Center in southern Japan.
		Chandra, launched and deployed by space shuttle Columbia in 1999, is a sophisticated X-ray observatory designed to observe X-rays from high-energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded stars.
		ESA's X-ray space observatory, also launched in 1999, is the largest scientific satellite ever built in Europe.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/library/news/2005/space-050713-usia02.htm (613 words)

	Wildfires threaten Arizona observatory - Space News - MSNBC.com
		It is the second time in eight years that a forest fire has threatened the observatory and scientists fear that even if the building doesn't burn, the smoke and heat could damage the delicate instruments inside.
		The observatory's third and largest telescope is partly finished.
		Opponents contended the observatory would cause the demise of the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel, which are now imperiled by the wildfire.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5396019 (837 words)

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