Spitzer Space Telescope Passes 5,000 Days in Space

Spitzer Space Telescope Passes 5,000 Days in Space

A NASA space telescope recently passed 5,000 days since the start of its mission in 2003, and it's still going strong. The Spitzer Space Telescope studies cosmic targets that radiate infrared light. This new video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory provides an overview of how the telescope operates.