Cornell University: After Dust-Busting Cosmos, Spitzer Telescope's Mission Ends
January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020
ITHACA, New York, Jan. 31 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
The Spitzer Space Telescope - with its Cornell-developed infrared spectrograph instrument - has been peering through murky cosmic dust to study the distant heavens for 16 years. Originally scheduled to last 2.5 years, the mission officially will end Jan. 30.
Spitzer was the final mission of NASA's Great Observatories program. The infrared spectrograph portion of the mission ended in 2010.
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The Spitzer Space Telescope - with its Cornell-developed infrared spectrograph instrument - has been peering through murky cosmic dust to study the distant heavens for 16 years. Originally scheduled to last 2.5 years, the mission officially will end Jan. 30.
Spitzer was the final mission of NASA's Great Observatories program. The infrared spectrograph portion of the mission ended in 2010.
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