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September 27, 2013

How Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe Exoplanets
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 27, 2013
Now approaching its 10th anniversary, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has evolved into a premier observatory for an endeavor not envisioned in its original design: the study of worlds around other stars, called exoplanets. While the engineers and scientists who built Spitzer did not have this goal in mind, their visionary work made this unexpected capability possible. Thanks to the extraordinary stability of its design and a series of subsequent engineering reworks, the space telescope now has obse ... read more

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Chinese VP stresses peaceful use of space

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