GOODRICH OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY ENABLES FIRST VIEWING POSSIBLE LIFE IN OTHER PLANETS

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

-- Information gathered could lead to the ability to detect possible life on other planets


NASA's Spitzer Telescope recently utilized technology developed by
Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) to capture enough light from planets outside
our solar system to identify the molecular make-up of the planets'
atmospheres. These findings could lead to the ability to detect possible
life on the planets.


Goodrich's Electro-Optical Systems team, headquartered in Danbury, Conn.,
manufactured the beryllium optics and telescope structure for the Spitzer
telescope.


"Our team is excited by this truly historic discovery, and is proud to
have provided the optical technology used on the mission," stated Ken Luczaj,
President of Goodrich's ISR division.


Goodrich has a long history in the design and fabrication of highly
complex, lightweight space telescope systems including ongoing work for the
Hubble Space Telescope, the optics for the world's highest resolution space-
based, X-ray telescope -- the Chandra X-ray observatory -- and the Solar X-
ray Imager (SXI) on board the recently launched GOES-13 spacecraft.


The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly known as "SIRTF" the Space Infrared
Telescope Facility) was launched into an earth-trailing solar orbit in 2003.
Its primary mission is to obtain images detecting infrared energy, or heat,
radiated by objects in space. Extreme operating temperatures led to the
design of an all beryllium telescope system. Goodrich's contribution
included the design and manufacture of a primary mirror 0.8 meters in
diameter, and a novel central telescope tower for the secondary mirror
assembly support. Goodrich's primary mirror optics and structure weigh only
28 kg, enabling the observatory to carry more liquid helium coolant and
therefore extend the mission life of the telescope.


Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of
systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets.
With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the
industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide
manufacturing and service facilities. For more information visit
http://www.goodrich.com.


Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a parent
company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be referred to as
"Goodrich Corporation" in this press release.


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