The red dot at the center of this image is the first near-Earth asteroid discovered by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE .
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NASA's WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid
01.25.10 -- 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 whole sky in infrared light.
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Mission News
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NASA's WISE Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light.
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NASA's WISE Space Telescope Jettisons its Cover
NASA's recently launched Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer opened its eyes to the starry sky today, after ejecting its protective cover.
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Prepping WISE to Pop Its Lens Cap
Engineers are getting ready to eject the cover on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which launched from Vandengerg Air Force Base, Calif., on Dec. 14.
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First of Many Asteroid Finds
WISE 'First-Light' Image
This infrared snapshot of a region in the constellation Carina near the Milky Way was taken shortly after NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) ejected its cover.
Brown Dwarf Comparison
This diagram shows a brown dwarf in relation to Earth, Jupiter, a low-mass star and the sun.
WISE Clock
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Mission Extras
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WISE Webcast
Go behind the scenes to see how the Delta II rocket and the WISE space telescope are prepared for launch on this exciting mission to view space through infrared eyes.
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WISE Image Gallery
Spacecraft and rocket come together for launch.
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Rocket Science 101
Assemble a Delta II or Atlas V rocket from main engine to payload fairing!
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Videos
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Infrared Launch of WISE
The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as seen in infrared light. The all-sky mapping mission launched on Dec. 14, 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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WISE Spacecraft Separation
With spacecraft separtion confirmed NASA's WISE space telescope beings its mission to to map the entire sky in infrared light.
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Launch Manager Interview
NASA Commentator Tracy Young caps the WISE launch coverage with an interview with Chuck Dovale.
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