NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academia and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the U.S.
This was the third attempt to launch a Falcon 1 for SpaceX and unfortunately there was an anomaly that occurred which resulted in the loss of the launch vehicle.
Plankton is among the most important marine life forms, but excessive blooms can lead to phenomena known as dead zones, where water at the bottom of the ocean becomes depleted of oxygen and proves lethal for marine organisms.
