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RE: GLAST

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T minus 4 minutes
And HOLD

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T minus 6 minutes

-- Edited by Blobrana at 16:31, 2008-06-11

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L minus 28 minutes

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Liquid oxygen has been loaded.
Launch is on schedule for a 15:45 GMT lift-off

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Liquid oxygen is being loaded into the rocket's first stage

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A Nasa space telescope is about to launch on a mission to explore the Universe with "gamma-ray glasses".
The Glast mission will shed light on some of the most violent events in the Universe, that release massive amounts of energy in the form of gamma-rays.

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In a final meeting of scientists, engineers, technicians and officials, NASAs Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final Ready to Go! from all teams. GLAST is scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliances Delta II Heavy rocket with a launch window from 11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 11.

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NASA has set a new target launch date for the Gamma- ray Large Area Space Telescope, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT.

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