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GLAST has shipped
The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope is NASA's next big mission.
The telescope has passed review and has been shipped to Florida where pieces of a Delta-II launcher are being assembled, for, er, launch, May 16th sometime later this year.
GLAST, if successfully launched and…
Discovery launched
This is important for two reasons:
they may be able to clear the toilet on ISS; and,
it clears the pad for a GLAST launch at the end of this week, probably...
AGILE - Italian gamma ray observatory, like a faster, lighter GLAST - launched successfully
GLAST was due to be launched next month.
Apparently the launch is on hold, they hope to have the issues resolved soon and a new launch date scheduled.