X-Calibur mission is finishing its last flight-readiness checks in preparation for launch
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 06:40
in Astronomy & Space
One night this September, scientists working at the old municipal airport in the desert town of Fort Sumner, N.M., picked up the InFOCuS X-ray telescope with a crane, carried it to the open doors of a hanger and pointed it at the starry sky overhead.