Zapusk kosmicheskogo IK-teleskopa
5.09.2003 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Rano utrom 25 avgusta v nebe nad mysom Kanaveral poyavilsya sled ot tyazheloi rakety-nositelya Del'ta-2 kompanii Boing, unosyashei vvys' Infrakrasnyi kosmicheskii teleskop (Space InfraRed Telescope Facility, SIRTF) agentstva NASA. Etot snimok poluchen s pirsa v parke Dzhetti, na severnoi okonechnosti Kakaovogo plyazha, shtat Florida. Nablyudateli nahodilis' v 2,5 milyah ot mysa Kanaveral.