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In article <BxqL15.DJ2@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>The really interesting space
>telescopes are the small ones, not the megaprojects.  Anybody got a list
>of *those* projects?

Here is a list of past (from roughly the Challenger accident on) and future
astronomy missions that I am aware of.  It is by no means complete.  In fact,
if you know of a mission that isn't here, please email me and I'll update my
list.

Date       Payload                             Agency         Vehicle
----       -------                             ------         -------
17 Nov 89  Cosmic Background Explorer          NASA           Delta I
24 Apr 90  Hubble Space Telescope              NASA           STS-31 Discovery 
   Jun 90  Roentgen Satellite                  DARA/NASA      Delta I
02 Dec 90  Astro; Broad Band X-Ray Telescope   NASA           STS-35 Columbia
05 Apr 91  Compton Gamma Ray Observatory       NASA           STS-37 Atlantis
07 Jun 92  Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer       NASA           Delta II
13 Jan 93  Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer          NASA           STS-54 Endeavour
11 Mar 93  SPARTAN-201 1                       NASA           STS-56 Discovery
30 Jun 93  SPAS-ORFEUS                         NASA           STS-51 Discovery
07 Dec 93  Hubble Revisit 1; COSTAR            NASA           STS-61 Endeavour
16 Apr 94  SPARTAN-204                         NASA           STS-63 Atlantis
21 May 94  SPARTAN-201 2                       NASA           STS-64 Discovery
01 Oct 94  SPAS-CRISTA                         NASA           STS-66 Atlantis
       94  Infrared Space Observatory          ESA            Ariane
10 Jan 95  Astro 2                             NASA           STS-68 Endeavour
       95  Spectrum X-Gamma                    Russia         Proton
11 Jun 96  SPARTAN-201 3                       NASA           STS-78 Columbia
06 Jun 97  Hubble Revisit 2                    NASA           STS-86 Discovery
14 Jul 98  Advanced Xray Astrophysics Facility NASA           STS-94 Endeavour

Acronyms
--------
SPAS    Shuttle Pallet Satellite
ORFEUS  Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer
CRISTA  Cryogenic Infrared Space Telescope Assembly
SPARTAN Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy

Note: The SPAS and SPARTAN payloads are only partial Shuttle payloads.

The list of Shuttle missions is rather long, but the observing time for
each is rather short.  An optimist would say NASA has gotten out of the
megaproject mentality.  A pessimist....Henry?

Mike

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