Space Lasers for the Home Planet

Orbital Path by PRX

Sep 28, 201823:56Religion & Spirituality

On September 15, 2018, the last Delta II rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force base, in California. It carried into orbit IceSat-2 — a satellite equipped with perhaps the most sophisticated space laser ever built....

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