04.07.08 - After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on GLAST mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions.
03.31.08 - GLAST's twin solar panels, which will provide electrical power for GLAST after its launch, have been attached.
03.04.08 - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center.
02.13.08 - The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will be used to launch GLAST into space arrived at Hangar M at Cape Canaveral.
02.08.08 - NASA announced the public will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope observatory before it launches in mid-2008.
03.12.08 - As part of their preparations for GLAST's May 16th launch, LAT collaborators rehearsed data-taking shifts with simulated data.
03.07.08 - NASA's GLAST spacecraft arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for launch.
02.07.08 - In Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance Delta II first stage is revealed after the cover was removed from the truck that delivered it.
12.19.07 - The Naval Research Laboratory in Washington received a wonderful present this year: NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope.
11.30.07 - The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope has arrived for its final round of testing at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington.
11.07.07 - The gently glowing moon is more than just a pretty ball in the sky—for gamma-ray astronomers, the moon could become a unique target for calibrating instruments such as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST).
11.05.07 - The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled for launch early next year, and although it will observe a great variety of interesting high-energy sources, one type of object in particular is expected to dominate the gamma-ray sky: a special class of active galactic nuclei known as "blazars."
10.23.07 - During the week of October 8, 2007, the researchers and engineers who will operate the LAT and analyze its data rehearsed the activities they will undertake to activate and checkout the instrument during its first 60 days of orbit.
10.22.07 - On Friday, October 19, 2007, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) Project awarded certificates of appreciation to the 58 members of the LAT Environmental Test team.
09.04.07 - The GLAST-NOAO agreement will enable astronomers to propose for funding from GLAST to observe interesting objects in vastly different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
06.26.07 - NASA's Gamma ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) lives in a "clean room" while it awaits its December launch.
06.05.07 - The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is teaming with NASA's upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope to allow astronomers to maximize their scientific payoff.
04.11.07 - GLAST is one step closer to unveiling the mysteries of the high-energy universe.
02.06.07 - A team of astronomers announced the first catalog of a new type of gamma-ray source, a dozen clouds of “relic” radiation from dead stars.
02.06.07 - Astronomers have found a new class of objects in space that may be tremendously luminous, but are enshrouded in gas cocoons.