NASA's MAP moves to distant L2 point, gets ready to start work
NASA's Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) is ready to examine the oldest light in the universe now that it has settled into its distant home in space, NASA announced Oct. 1. The aerospace agency said MAP has arrived at L2, a semi-stable gravitational location that is one million miles from Earth, in...
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