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www.thespacereview.com
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| | The Herschel Space Observatory is the largest infrared space observatory launched to date. Equipped with a 3.5 metre diameter reflecting telescope and instruments cooled to close to absolute zero, Herschel observes at wavelengths that have never previously been explored. After a roughly 50-day journey from Earth, Herschel entered its operational orbit around the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system (L2), for a nominal mission lifetime of three years. The Herschel Space Observatory is the largest...
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| | ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
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| | Discover what the ELT Telescope is, the largest astronomical project under construction. Explore its features and objectives in the search for life and distant galaxies.
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| A NASA program could be ready to launch astronauts to orbit once again, and the number of people traveling to space could surge.