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Q&A: General Astronomy and Space Science


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Could you send me some information regarding the history of Astronomy and particularly about the various missions that span the electromagnetic spectrum?

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You can find information on the history of X-ray astronomy at http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_astro/history.html. You may also find more information on missions in other parts of the spectrum from http://spacescience.nasa.gov/.


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