Thread: NASA will launch GLAST in 20 hours

Here is a list of features that explain the different things GLAST will explore.

- Blazars and active galaxies
- Gamma-ray bursts
- Neutron stars
- Cosmic rays and supernova remnants
- The Milky Way galaxy
- Gamma-ray background radiation
- The early universe
- Our solar system
- Dark matter
-Fundamental physics
- The unknown!

Spacecraft: Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II 7920-H
Launch Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 17-B
Launch Date: June 11
Launch Window: 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT

GLAST's June 11 Launch Date Confirmed

More info [here]

Good.

This just in:

Successful launch!

Congrats