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Published online 12 June 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.888
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Gamma-ray mission blasts off
Probe aims to explore the high-energy cosmos.
NASA’s newest gamma-ray observatory soared on Wednesday into orbit, where it will search for the most energetic events the universe has to offer. The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) tore through the cloudy skies of Florida atop a Delta II Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral.
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