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NASA Great Observatories Program

NASA's coordinated astrophysics program that developed four complementary space observatories—Hubble, Compton, Chandra, and Spitzer—to study the universe across the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Identity

Aliases: Great ObservatoriesGreat Observatories ProgramNASA Great Observatories Program
Domains: spaceflight
Name: NASA Great Observatories Program
Status: completed
Types: developmentoperationsscience

Details

Description: NASA's coordinated astrophysics program that developed four complementary space observatories—Hubble, Compton, Chandra, and Spitzer—to study the universe across the electromagnetic spectrum.
End Date: 2020
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Participants: -
Start Date: 1985

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Creation Time: July 29, 2026 at 08:50:06 UTC
Updated Time: August 23, 2026 at 02:05:08 UTC
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Official Urls: https://science.nasa.gov/learn/basics-of-space-flight/chapter9-1/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-spitzer-telescope-ends-mission-of-astronomical-discovery/

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