HARTRAO also makes supporting radio observations of objects currently being investigated by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

His Excellency The Honourable Petrus Compton, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia

On November 29, 1993, NASA repositioned its first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS 1), launched in 1983 and already serving beyond its 10 year lifetime, to recover scientific data from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), launched in 1991.

In other developments, scientists analyzing data from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), which was launched in April 1991, found new evidence that gamma ray bursts extend into the far reaches of the universe and thus bear an imprint of the universe apos s expansion.

In accordance with the wish of the people of Japan that such weapons never be used again, the Government of Japan has supported, on a number of occasions, the efforts of local governments and non governmental organizations to organize exhibitions relating to atomic bombs in foreign countries, including the Hiroshima Nagasaki A bomb exhibition in Aubagne, France, in September 2004 and in Compton, United States of America, in March 2005.