NASA Calls for Suggestions to Re-Name Future Telescope Mission

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

Contact: Grey Hautaluoma of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1- 202-358-0668, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov; or Lynn Cominsky of Sonoma State University, +1-707-664-2655, lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA announced Thursday that members of the general public from around the world will have a chance to suggest a new name for the cutting edge Gamma- ray Large Area Space Telescope, otherwise known as GLAST, observatory before it launches in mid-2008. The satellite will observe some of the most powerful forces known in the universe.

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