Tuesday, 15 December 2009

WISE, NASA’s infrared surveyor, launches successfully

After a series of delays, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) began its mission Monday morning, rocketing toward orbit at 9:09 A.M. (Eastern Standard Time). WISE's launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was initially delayed because of a scheduling conflict with a satellite launch on the East Coast, then twice pushed back due to an anomaly in a steering engine on its booster rocket.











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