Government1992

NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey begins

When: 12 Oct 1992
Where: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Sources: 2 public sources

Arecibo Observatory, where NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey began its targeted search H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

NASA began its High Resolution Microwave Survey on Columbus Day 1992, with a targeted search of nearby Sun-like stars at Arecibo and a sky survey at Goldstone, California. Congress cancelled the program in 1993, about a year later.

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FirsthandThe NASA High Resolution Microwave Survey (J.C. Tarter and S. Gulkis, abstract) (opens in a new tab)Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society / 1993
FirsthandProject Phoenix (opens in a new tab)SETI Institute

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