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New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
BOX 6.1
Space Telescopes Operated by NASA or with U.S. Participation(and operating spectral bands)
Great Observatories
Chandra (X-ray)
Hubble (infrared, optical, ultraviolet)
Spitzer (infrared)
Mid-size Telescopes
Fermi (gamma ray)
Kepler (optical)
Explorers
GALEX (ultraviolet)
RXTE (X-ray)
Swift (X-ray)
WISE (infrared)
Foreign Telescopes with U.S. Participation
Herschel (infrared)
INTEGRAL (gamma ray)
Planck (radio)
Suzaku (X-ray)
XMM-Newton (X-ray)
FIGURE 6.2 Artist’s drawing of the James Webb Space Telescope. SOURCE: NASA.
