Two Spacecraft Set to Probe the Early Universe's Mysteries
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 16:14
in Astronomy & Space
As astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis perform what is likely the final tune-up of the Hubble Space Telescope, a 19-year-old workhorse that has greatly advanced astronomy and the profile of space science, the European Space Agency (ESA) is readying two more heavy-hitting astronomical spacecraft for deployment into space. [More]