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‘Probably Earned My Keep’: 25 Years Since the Launch of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (Part 2)

The Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) is readied for deployment on 7 April 1991. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de

A quarter-century ago, this week, the crew of Atlantis delivered into orbit the heaviest scientific payload ever launched at that time by the Space Shuttle. Commander Steve Nagel, Pilot Ken Cameron and Mission Specialists Linda [...]

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