Building the 140-foot Telescope at Green Bank

The world’s largest polar-aligned telescope was a challenge to design, deliver, and assemble. Here is the story of how it was finally erected in Green Bank, West Virginia in 1965.

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
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