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June 2012 - News Archive
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June 2012 - Featured Missions
Image: SpaceX
Dragon C2/3
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Photo: Sea Launch
Intelsat 19
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Image: NASA
NuSTAR
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Photo: NRO
NROL-15
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Other News
Space Shuttle Retirement
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NASA receives two NRO Spy Telescopes
The US
National Reconnaissance Office handed two telescopes over to NASA that were
originally built to collect intelligence for the U.S. government. Ownership of
the telescopes was handed to NASA in August 2011, but the agency did not reveal
the transfer until Monday, June 4. These telescopes could enable NASA to build
a satellite to detect extrasolar planets and study the nature of dark energy.
Originally designed to observe targets on Earth, NASA conducted an extensive
examination of the hardware to assess whether it can be used for a different
mission profile, peering into deep space instead of surveillance targets on
Earth.
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