Two Space Telescopes To Launch Thursday

By TonyF on 13 May 2009 at 11:18PM

The Herschel and Planck space observatories will launch tomorrow morning from ESA's complex in French Guiana. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:12AM EDT - watch live on ESA TV and VideoCorner. Discussion at NSF. Play-by-Play at SFN.

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