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The historic 85-foot Howard E. Tatel telescope in Green Bank. It was the first radio telescope of the NRAO and began observing on February 13, 1959. The Tatel became famous in 1960 for performing the world’s first SETI observations under the direction of Dr. Frank Drake.

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