The Spitzer Space Telescope was designed to observe objects too cold to emit visible light; incredibly distant galaxies and stars; and into the very dust of the universe's building blocks
After 16 years of incredible discoveries, NASA's retiring Spitzer Space Telescope is going gently into that good night, slumbering against a background of stars -- the very ones it helped study.
The infrared telescope completed science activities on Tuesday, relayed back data on Wednesday and on Thursday will enter a safe hibernation mode thanks to a command sent from the engineering team. It will continue to orbit the sun, at times trailing behind Earth and other times ahead of us, in a debris-free area 160 million miles away, said mission manager Joseph Hunt. You can experience the"final voyage" through a VR experience.
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