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The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, with the director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, during his visit to the IAC headquarters in La Laguna. Credits: Luis Chinarro (IAC).
The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, with the director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, during his visit to the IAC headquarters in La Laguna. Credits: Luis Chinarro (IAC).
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The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, has visited today the headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in La Laguna, accompanied by the director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, and other researchers and engineers from the center. During his visit, he was informed about the research conducted in this institute and in the Canarian Observatories, as well as the technological projects in which the IAC is currently involved. Special attention was paid to the collaborations between the IAC and US research centers -including the Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, participating in the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) - and possible joint projects in the future.

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