Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| National Radio Astronomy Observatory Nr |
The combined radio astronomy facilities operated in the USA by a private consortium of universities, Associated Universities Inc. It obtains its funding under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The telescopes operated by NRAO are at three different locations: the Very Large Array VLA in New Mexico, a millimetre-wave telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, and the Green Bank Telescope, a 42-metre 140-foot dish and an interferometer, at Green Bank, West Virginia. The NRAO administration is in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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