NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is finally nearing the end of an absolutely incredible journey. The spacecraft has been peering deep into space for well over a decade and a half, and it’s outlived its original planned mission timeline by over 11 years. In that time, it’s made some incredible discoveries and offered scientists new insights into the workings of some of our nearby planetary neighbors as well as distant objects we can only dream of one day visiting.
Now, with its planned decommissioning scheduled for January 30, 2020, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is taking a look back at its incredible journey, while offering some technical insight into why the still-functional telescope will have to be shut down.
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