SLAC - FGST - Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

2008

GLAST Observatory Renamed for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky
August 26, 2008

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and NASA announced today that the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) has revealed its first all-sky map in gamma rays. read more »
See GLAST Fly
July 28, 2008

As the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) rocketed gloriously from the launch pad on June 11, it faded into the blue sky and out of sight. But GLAST isn't totally out of view: you can still see it soaring overhead in the southwest sky many nights. read more »
GLAST Spacecraft Powered Up and Sending Data
July 2, 2008

After their journey into the cold reaches of space, instruments on GLAST have been woken up ready to begin operations. read more »
GLAST launch celebration
July 2, 2008

No glow of laptops aided latecomers who picked their way through the darkened aisles of Stanford Linear Accelerator's Panofsky auditorium on Monday. read more »
Video of GLAST Launch
June 12, 2008

A video of the GLAST launch, courtesy of NASA... watch the video »
NASA's GLAST Launch Successful
June 11, 2008

GLAST successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:05 p.m. EDT today... read more »
GLAST Roars into Space!
June 11, 2008

The Delta II rocket easily lifted the GLAST spacecraft off the launch pad, out of the smoke and clouds and into a beautiful clear-blue Florida sky... read more »
NASA Targets GLAST Launch for No Earlier Than June 11
June 5, 2008

NASA has set no earlier than June 11 as the new target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. read more »
Delta II Rocket Coming Together for GLAST Satellite Launch
April 17, 2008

The Delta II 7920-H rocket that will launch the Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite is in the process of being assembled... read more »
GLAST Makes Last Terrestrial Journey
March 13, 2008

NASA's GLAST) arrived last week at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center... read more »
First Stage of GLAST's Delta II Rocket Arrives in Cape Canaveral
February 13, 2008

The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will be used to launch the GLAST into space has arrived at Hangar M... read more »
NASA Contest to Rename GLAST
February 8, 2008

NASA announced yesterday that members of the general public from around the world will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge GLAST... read more »
NASA Recognizes SLAC's Gunther Haller and Martin Nordby
January 10, 2008

The GLAST Observatory is scheduled to launch in May of this year, but the design of the Large Array Telescope (LAT) instrument has already earned... read more »

2007

GLAST is Unwrapped for the Holidays
December 20, 2007

Everyone likes getting high-tech presents for the holidays, and the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington received a special present this year... read more »
GLAST Arrives at Naval Research Laboratory For Final Testing
December 6, 2007

The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) has arrived at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, for its final round of testing... read more »
Safety Success Story: LAT Integration
October 31, 2007

The primary instrument for the GLAST mission, the Large Area Telescope (LAT), will detect gamma rays with unprecedented sensitivity... read more »
GLAST Collaborators Rehearse Launch Activities
October 16, 2007

The operations center for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) at SLAC will be ready when GLAST is launched into orbit next spring... read more »
GLAST's Dance Card Begins to Fill
October 4, 2007

GLAST is scheduled for launch early next year, and although it will observe a great variety of interesting high-energy sources... read more »
Word of the Week: Gamma-ray
September 25, 2007

Gamma rays are a form of light at the highest end of the energy spectrum and are created in the hottest regions of the universe... read more »
Keeping GLAST on Track
July 20, 2007

Thanks to the work of a team of physicists at SLAC, a technique used for years in physics experiments such as BaBar will soon help researchers... read more »
GLAST: The Challenge of Too Much New Data
May 21, 2007

The astrophysics community enthusiastically awaits the upcoming launch of GLAST, the latest and most powerful gamma-ray telescope. But interpreting... read more »
GLAST Mission One Step Closer to Launch
April 11, 2007

The next major space observatory, GLAST, is one step closer to unveiling the mysteries of the high-energy universe... read more »
What Will GLAST Tell Us?
January 23, 2007

The identity of dark matter—the mysterious stuff that makes up a quarter of the universe—continues to elude scientists... read more »
SLAC Readies for Large Area Telescope Operations
January 20, 2007

When GLAST rockets into orbit later this year, a group of people will be monitoring and commanding the Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument... read more »
LAT Instrument Integrated with Spacecraft
January 11, 2007

On December 8, a crane lifted the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onto the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) spacecraft, bringing... read more »

2006

Gamma Rays from the Sun: A New Way for Looking at the Solar System
October 31, 2006

Until now, gamma-rays emitted directly from the sun have been detected only during rare intense solar flares. However, a paper to be published... read more »
Postcard from the LAT
October 30, 2006

By the time the Large Area Telescope (LAT) begins orbiting the earth next fall, it will already be a seasoned traveler. Between its birth at SLAC... read more »
Construction Starts on LAT Operations Facility
September 21, 2006

When GLAST flies into space in Fall 2007, SLAC will be ready, thanks to the LAT Instrument Science Operations Center (ISOC)... read more »
LAT to Rendezvous with Spacecraft
September 15, 2006

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument successfully survived an onslaught of outer space and launch conditions at the Naval Research Laboratory... read more »
Researchers Test LAT in D.C.
June 28, 2006

SLAC's involvement with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) didn't end the day it left the lab. In mid-May, when the telescope arrived at the Naval... read more »
SLAC's GLAST Collaboration Celebrates the Shipping of LAT
May 15, 2006

With a potluck and much good cheer, SLAC's GLAST Collaboration gathered last Friday to mark the shipping of the Large Area Telescope (LAT)... read more »
GLAST Telescope Components to be Tested at CERN
April 27, 2006

When the task is to find gamma ray photons in outer space, where they are outnumbered 10,000 to 1 by charged particles, it helps... read more »
GLAST into Space
February 1, 2006

Roughly once a day, the universe is rocked by mighty explosions. We don't fully understand what causes the explosions, but we can detect the results... read more »

2005

GLASTing into Space
November 4, 2005

Twenty-two months from now, the GLAST satellite, a complicated and sturdy set of particle physics detectors, will be encapsulated into the cone... read more »
GLAST Celebrates Completion of Tracker and Calorimeter Installation
October 21, 2005

The GLAST team celebrated the installation of the 16th—and last—detector tower into the instrument this week. This telescope forms an image of the... read more »
Second GLAST Tower Installed
May 6, 2005

GLAST has started to take physical shape with the installation of the second tracking tower last month. Now the team can perform the first tests ever... read more »

2004

GLAST Test Bed Complete
June 18, 2004

Peeking through the glass doors of a room in Bldg. 84, the occasional passer-by puzzles at a giant, revolving electronics contraption skewered on... read more »
In a Virtual Sky, Astronomers Find Dark Matter
March 5, 2004

Making sense of the data coming from the Large Area Telescope (LAT), one of two main instruments of the GLAST mission, will take highly trained eyes... read more »

2003

GLAST Milestone: Integration and Testing of Engineering Models
November 21, 2003

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) project, a key component of GLAST, recently sailed through its first phase of testing with great success. Conducted at SLAC... read more »

NASA’s FGST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the United States.

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