An observatory that will capture light from Earth’s outer atmosphere is set to launch in 2025 with a new name – The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory – in honor of Dr. George R. Carruthers, who designed & built the first lunar telescope, flown on Apollo 16. go.nasa.gov/3XRVMNb

@NASA Boy, I'm searching and searching and only come up with this name " Hans Lippershey, a Dutch eyeglass maker"

@NASA That explains that the earth at far distance twinkles or looks like star..

@NASA He built it...amazing..everybody else had to have a team.

@NASA I watched OPPY this weekend, and it has really Primed my pump on space exploration.

@NASA Sadly, we dont have much of Peoples like this anymore. Our Generation is lost in Social Media and only few starw for the Stars. Maybe i am just paint a Picture from a Limited Viewpoint?