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Event Horizon Telescope
Humanity's first look at the unseeable.
Mission Overview
While not a "spacecraft" in the traditional sense, this global network of telescopes captured the first-ever image of the shadow of a Black Hole in the galaxy M87.
Learning from History
"The data was so massive it had to be shipped on physical hard drives because the internet was too slow to transfer it."
Mission Specs
| Year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Country | International |
| Type | Observatory |
| Destination | Deep Space |
| Status | Success |
| Rocket | Global Network |