Spitzer Telescope Warms Up to New Career
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 12:49
in Astronomy & Space
The primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five and a half years of probing the cosmos with its keen infrared eye. Within about a week of May 12, the telescope is expected to run out of the liquid helium needed to chill some of its instruments to operating temperatures.