Space telescope
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Also known as CGRO
ObservatoriesDeorbited
Imagery
Space Shuttle Projects
This photograph shows the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory being released from the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-35 mission in April 1991.
1991
NASA/Marshall · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (1991–2000) was one of NASA's Great Observatories, mapping the gamma-ray sky and studying gamma-ray bursts.
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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