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NASA's WISE Spacecraft Situated on Work Stand

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spacecraft is situated on a work stand. At left on the spacecraft is the fixed panel solar array. In front, the square is the HGA Slotted Array (Ku-Band).
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Artist's Concept)

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission will survey the entire sky in a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum called the mid-infrared with far greater sensitivity than any previous mission or program ever has.
NASA's WISE Telescope

The WISE telescope is an all aluminum optical system that will produce images of the sky with 2.75 arcsec resolution in four infrared spectral bands.
NASA's WISE Imager Optics

The WISE back-end imager optics. This picture shows the imager optics which are mounted at the back of the optical system.
View Down the Barrel of NASA's WISE Telescope

View looking down the barrel of the WISE telescope.
NASA's WISE Spacecraft in Protective Covering

WISE being received at Vandenberg Air Force Base cloaked in protective covering.
NASA's WISE Cryostat

Initial assembly of the WISE cryostat. The cryostat is a 2-stage solid hydrogen dewar that is used to cool the WISE optics and detectors.