NASA remembers game-changing Copernicus space telescope on its 50th anniversary - Republic World

NASA, on August 21, 1972, launched the Copernicus space telescope which, according to the agency, was the heaviest and most complex observatory of the time.

At 3:58 pm IST on August 21, 1972, NASA launched the heaviest and most complex space telescope of its time-- the Copernicus space telescope. Named after Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who fir… [+2846 chars]

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