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Science 7 January 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5450, p. 63
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5450.63
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New Probe to Chart the Milky Way

Alexander Hellemans

An upcoming NASA mission promises to pinpoint millions of stars and uncover perhaps thousands of planetary systems in the Milky Way. The Full-Sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer, a $162 million satellite set for launch in 2004, will feature a telescope with mirrors that allow it to observe stars in two different parts of the sky at one time, increasing the data flow.

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