Word: heao
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...High Energy Astrophysical Observatory-B (HEAO-B), an orbiting X-ray observatory scheduled to be launched later this month by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, should provide valuable information relating to the density question and other areas of astrophysics research, Field added...
...computer room is just down the hall from the plate stacks, in fact. The instruments' hum, not completely muffled by the heavy metal-cased door, grows louder as you approach. Inside, the maze of complex machinery makes the room vibrate. Arny Epstein, one of the researchers working on the HEAO-A3 satellite experiment, tries to make the names charts and computers comprehensible. He runs through the basics of his work in a matter-of-fact tone. Then he grins: "Now I'll show you something." He sits down in front of a TV screen hooked up to a typewriter keyboard...