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#OTD in 1990, Astro-1 was launched on the space shuttle Columbia. It was a science platform that carried one X-ray and three UV telescopes. This pioneering mission gave us a nine-day glimpse of the high-energy universe. Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3VjYNUJ
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Launch of ASTRO-1 – Dec. 2, 1990

This week in 1990, space shuttle Columbia, mission STS-35, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying Astronomy Laboratory 1 in its cargo bay.
Lee Mohon (NASA)
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