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Project Vela- Astronautix.com](<a href="http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html</a>) 
<a href="http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/263145.pdf" rel="nofollow">Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela</a> 
<a href="http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/timeline/vela" rel="nofollow">DARPA- Project Vela</a> 
<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/2002283188.pdf" rel="nofollow">Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13</a>

<a href="https://www.space.com/6638-supernova.html" rel="nofollow">What Is a Supernova? Space.com</a> 
<a href="https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/gamma_ray_astronomy1.html" rel="nofollow">Gamma-Ray Astronomy</a> 
<a href="https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/history/" rel="nofollow">A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries</a>

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Project Vela- Astronautix.com](<a href="http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html</a>) 
<a href="http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/263145.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela</a> 
<a href="http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/timeline/vela" rel="noopener noreferrer">DARPA- Project Vela</a> 
<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/2002283188.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13</a>

<a href="https://www.space.com/6638-supernova.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Is a Supernova? Space.com</a> 
<a href="https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/gamma_ray_astronomy1.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gamma-Ray Astronomy</a> 
<a href="https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/history/" rel="noopener noreferrer">A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries</a>

Episode 49: Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds

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