GLAST Set to Launch Wednesday to Study Cosmic Mysteries

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On Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station the mobile service tower (left) approaches the Delta II rocket that will carry the GLAST spacecraft. Credit: NASAJim Grossmann
On Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the mobile service tower (left) approaches the Delta II rocket that will carry the GLAST spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

In a final meeting of scientists, engineers, technicians and officials, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" from all teams. GLAST is scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliance's Delta II Heavy rocket with a launch window from 11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 11.


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