Fermi Program
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is an active extended-mission observatory that surveys the sky in the most energetic form of light. Launched in 2008, Fermi studies pulsars, cosmic rays, gamma-ray bursts, black-hole-powered galaxies, neutron-star flares, and other high-energy phenomena while scanning the full sky on a rapid cadence.
Identity
- Aliases
- FermiFermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopeGamma-ray Large Area Space TelescopeGLAST
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Fermi Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- scienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is an active extended-mission observatory that surveys the sky in the most energetic form of light. Launched in 2008, Fermi studies pulsars, cosmic rays, gamma-ray bursts, black-hole-powered galaxies, neutron-star flares, and other high-energy phenomena while scanning the full sky on a rapid cadence.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2008-06-11
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:54:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:54:58 UTC