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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.

Identity

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

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
Start Date: 1985

Assets & Meta

Creation Time: July 29, 2026 at 08:50:06 UTC
Updated Time: July 29, 2026 at 08:50:06 UTC

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Leads
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/
Participants: -
Types: developmentoperationsscience