News tagged with wise satellite
WISE Makes Progress on Its Space Rock Catalog (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is busy surveying the landscape of the infrared sky, building up a catalog of cosmic specimens -- everything from distant galaxies to "failed" ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2010 |
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The First of Many Asteroid Finds for WISE
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2010 |
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WISE satellite blasts off on space-map mission
NASA launched Monday a new breed of satellite called WISE on a mission to orbit Earth and map the skies to find elusive cosmic objects, including potentially dangerous asteroids.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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NASA's WISE Set to Blast Off and Map the Skies
(PhysOrg.com) -- The countdown clock is ticking, with just days to go before the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rockets into space on a mission to map the entire sky in infrared light.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 09, 2009 |
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WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11
(PhysOrg.com) -- Launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Dec. 11.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 04, 2009 |
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NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the satellite, says principal investigator and UCLA professor Edward Wright, will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the history of our solar system, the Milky Way ...
Dec 04, 2009 |
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