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High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)
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The launch of an Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle is shown in this photograph. The Atlas/Centaur, launched on November 13, 1978, carried the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-2 into the required orbit. The second observatory, the HEAO-2 (nicknamed the Einstein Observatory in honor of the centernial of the birth of Albert Einstein) carried the first telescope capable of producing actual photographs of x-ray objects.
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Credit lineHigh Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO). NASA/MSFC, 1978-11-13. Public domain. ID: 7993744.
