ROCKFORD, IL — August 28, 2024 — The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. today announced the start of manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount built in the ...
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — Rockford is contributing to major advancements in manufacturing, hitting a big milestone on a new first-of-its-kind telescope. This comes as Ingersoll Machine Tools is working ...
PASADENA, CA – January 13, 2026 – The GMTO Corporation, the international consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, today announced it has appointed Daniel T. Jaffe as president, succeeding ...
The group building what could become the world's most powerful optical telescope, the Giant Magellan, has a new leader. The GMTO Corporation announced Tuesday that The University of Texas at Austin's ...
Work has now begun on what is believed to be the largest telescope mount ever built in the US, with Ingersoll Machine Tools scheduled to complete the 39-meter-tall precision moving structure by the ...
With vice chair Brian Schmidt, the McDonald Observatory director will lead the next phase of construction. Taft Armandroff, Walter Massey and Brian Schmidt. Credit: GMTO Corporation The GMTO ...