2000 News

October 9, 2000

HETE-2 Spacecraft Successfully Launched

A new gamma ray burst mission, the High-Energy Transient Explorer (HETE-2), made its entrance into space this morning at 1:38 a.m. EDT from the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands.
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March 14, 2000

GLAST Secondary Investigation Selected To Monitor Gamma Ray Bursts

NASA has selected the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) to be flown on the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) mission, planned for launch in 2005. This instrument will complement the primary instrument, the GLAST Large Area Telescope Flight Investigation, selected Feb. 28, 2000.
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Febuary 28, 2000

Elusive Gamma Rays Beware: GLAST Investigation Selected

NASA today announced the selection of an investigation to be flown on the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) mission, planned for launch in 2005. In addition to the flight investigation, NASA selected four interdisciplinary scientist investigations to broaden the scientific expertise available to the project.
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