THE BIG CHILL
An experimental mechanical cryocooler installed last month on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has cooled the infrared detectors on the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (Nicmos) to their target temperature and held it there ``rock solid.'' That means the instrument could begin...
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