The Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope

GLAST stands for Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope. It is currently being built at the NASA space center. GLAST will be used for gamma-ray astronomy, and to study how black holes work. The launch of GLAST is expected in September of 2006.
GLAST is a multi-agency, international space mission that will study the cosmos in the energy ranges of 10 keV to 300 GeV. After several successful missions in gamma-ray astronomy, EGRET (Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope) was created and put on the CGRO (Compton Gamma Ray Observatory). …