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Thursday, February 03, 2005. 8:42 AM PST. December 20, 2003 ... images from the Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility and renamed after astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer, Jr., were released on ...

About Spitzer
NASA/JPL-Caltech. The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003.

Ask An Infrared Astronomer: The Spitzer Space Telescope
Cool Cosmos Ask An Infrared Astronomer ... About the Spitzer Space Telescope. [BACK] What is the Spitzer Space Telescope? The Spitzer Space Telescope is a space-borne infrared telescope designed to study ...

First Photos from New Spitzer Space Telescope
The highly anticipated first pictures from the Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF) were released today. ... First Photos from New Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA announced the formal name of its newest space ... observatory, now called the Spitzer Space Telescope, will provide top-notch science ...

Spitzer Space Telescope
... You smother it in cosmic dust. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope saw through such dust to uncover a hidden ... Universe Revealed by the Spitzer Space Telescope," part of the Ernest C ...

Spitzer Science Center
Spitzer Science Center. Spitzer Space Telescope. (14 Feb 2005) The Cycle 2 Call for Proposals deadline has passed. We anticipate being able to notify proposers of the success or failure of their proposal by mid-May 2005. ... Spitzer Science Center. Spitzer Space Telescope. SPITZER HOMESPITZER SCIENCEINSTRUMENTSOBSERVER SUPPORTSEARCH ... (17 Nov 2004) New Version of Spitzer Pride. There is a new ...

Spitzer Space Telescope: A Great First Year
Leading experts are meeting this week to take a longing look at the idea of a space elevator. The idea is a stretch, no doubt, with plenty of work to do before travelers have push-button, top floor access to space. ... Artist's view of the Spitzer Space Telescope against the infrared sky ... This image from the Spitzer Space Telescope reveals the galaxy's true nature, showing a dramatic ring of warm ...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
... the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope consists of a cryogenically cooled telescope with lightweight ... special cooling in deep space, SIRTF is able to carry ...

NASA - Dazzling Images From Newly Named Space Telescope
The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. For instructions, click here. Dazzling Images From Newly Named Space Telescope ... From Newly Named Space Telescope. NASA's newly named Spitzer Space Telescope has captured dazzling ... 2003 as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), Spitzer was renamed in ...

NASA - NASA Announces New Name For Space Infrared Telescope Facility
... announced NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility has been renamed the Spitzer Space Telescope. It was named in ... "The Spitzer Space Telescope takes its place at the forefront of ...

JPL News -- NASA Releases Dazzling Images From New Space Telescope
... to our own, called Messier 81, are illuminated here in unprecedented detail by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The Spitzer Space Telescope has pierced thick cosmic dust to reveal this ...

CNN.com - New orbiter takes out-of-sight pictures - Dec. 19, 2003
NASA unveiled stunning first pictures from a powerful new infrared space telescope on Thursday, and announced a new name for the spacecraft, one of the agency's four so-called Great Observatories. ... or SIRTF, was renamed the Spitzer Space Telescope, after astronomer Lyman Spitzer, who first proposed ... and Chandra, the new Spitzer Space Telescope will soon be making major ...