GLAST lifts off and begins orbiting Earth
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 16:08
in Astronomy & Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, lifted off at 12:05 p.m. EDT Wednesday and went into orbit around the Earth.