Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Night Launch of Endeavour
Explanation:
Space Shuttle Endeavour [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] thunders off into orbit in a rare night launch. This March 1995 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] is most famous for operating the set of astronomical telescopes known as Astro-2 [ http://liftoff.msfc…]. Astro-2's telescopes observed the universe in ultraviolet light - light so blue humans by themselves can't see it. Astro-2 measured the amount of ultraviolet light emitted by several interesting stars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], galaxies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], planets, and QSOs [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Analysis of data from this NASA mission has yielded the first clear detection of helium [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] created during the beginning of the universe.

For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle missions, see the NASA Space Shuttle Launches page [ http://www.ksc.nasa…].

Tomorrow's picture: Columbia Waits, Discovery Launches
Credit and Copyright:
NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], Kennedy Space Center [ http://www.ksc.nasa…]
facet_when:
March 1995
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Endeavour
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_when_year:
1995
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap950807

Night Launch of Endeavour
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