India joins the Thirty Meter Telescope Project as a full member
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
Today in New Delhi, officials of the government of India signed documents establishing the country as a full partner in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project. An international collaboration of institutions in the USA, Canada, Japan, India and China, the TMT project is working towards building a powerful, next-generation astronomical observatory at Mauna Kea in Hawaii.