TAG | GLAST renamed Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Thursday, 28 August 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 In addition, the Fermi’s GBM has identified 31 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) over the first month of its operations. GRBs may last for a few milliseconds or as long as several minutes. NASA states that the GBM and the LAT will “… provide an unprecedented look across a broad gamma-ray spectrum, enabling scientists to peer into the processes powering these events.” The Fermi space telescope program was jointly developed by NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the space agencies of France (CNES, Centre National d'Études Spatiales), Germany (DLR, German Aerospace Center or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.), Italy (ASI, Italian Space Agency or Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), Japan (JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Sweden (Swedish National Space Board or Rymdstyrelsen). For more information on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, check out NASA GLAST.
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