Science and Exploration

The Orion Nebula

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
July 23, 2013
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The Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula.
NASA/Caltech

Explore the dusty secrets of the Orion Nebula through Spitzer’s infrared vision. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was launched on August 25, 2003 from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. Drifting in a unique Earth-trailing orbit around the Sun, Spitzer sees an optically invisible universe dominated by dust and stars.

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