GLAST stands for Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope. It is currently being built at the NASA space center. GLAST will be used for gamma-ray astronomy, and to study how black holes work. The launch of GLAST is expected in September of 2006.
GLAST is a multi-agency, international space mission that will study the cosmos in the energy ranges of 10 keV to 300 GeV. After several successful missions in gamma-ray astronomy, EGRET (Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope) was created and put on the CGRO (Compton Gamma Ray Observatory). …