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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA's new infrared space telescope was launched into orbit on Monday on a 10-month mission expected to reveal previously unseen objects ranging from near-Earth asteroids to some of the most distant galaxies in the cosmos. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, was carried into a polar orbit 326 miles above Earth by a Delta II rocket that lifted off before dawn from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California. "All systems are looking good, and we are... Read Full Story
A NASA spacecraft blasted into space early Monday on a mission to map the whole sky in search of hidden asteroids, comets and other celestial objects. The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, lifted off aboard a Delta 2 rocket 6:09 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast. The spacecraft will spend a month checking out its instruments before scanning the sky for objects that give off infrared light, or heat. Mission managers say the craft will produce the... Read Full Story
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Nasa have launched a powerful new telescope with an ability to map the sky hundreds of times greater than other observatories. The Wide-field Infra red Survey Explorer (WISE) lifted off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base yesterday morning, after the mission was delayed because of a problem with the spacecraft's steering engine. It joins a host of other space... Read Full Story
Space shuttle Endeavour was lowered onto the mobile launcher platform and attached to the massive external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Early in January the entire stack will be rolled out to Launch Pad 39A for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station. In addition, the Endeavour astronauts will fly to Kennedy in January to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT, to familiarize themselves with the hardware and payload they'll be working... Read Full Story
NASA and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a joint statement that allows for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research. The partnership recognizes the Saudi Lunar and Near-Earth Object Science Center as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. Read Full Story
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A NASA spacecraft blasted into space early Monday on a mission to map the whole sky in search of hidden asteroids, comets and other celestial objects.
The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, lifted off aboard a Delta 2 rocket at 6:09 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast.
The spacecraft will spend a month checking out its instruments before scanning the sky for objects that give off infrared light, or heat... Read Full Story
NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled to launch no earlier than before dawn Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast aboard a Delta 2 rocket. If all goes as planned, WISE will orbit some 325 miles above the Earth and produce the most... Read Full Story
Buried deep within the 339 page Congressional report on the “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010″ that just came out of conference was a small number in a long table that could have a big impact for space-related innovation.
The language in the bill shows that NASA’s Centennial Challenges program is in line for an appropriation of $4 million to use on new incentive prizes aligned with NASA’s core missions. Although just a small drop in the roughly... Read Full Story
A space capsule carrying a Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Tuesday after the trio spent half a year on the International Space Station (ISS). Belgian Frank De Winne, Canadian Robert Thirsk and Russian Roman Romanenko landed at 10:16 am (0716 GMT) around 88 kilometres (55 miles) north of Arkalyk, a town in central Kazakhstan, a spokeswoman for Russian mission control said. Television pictures showed the astronauts being pulled from the Soyuz TMA... Read Full Story
The shuttle Atlantis landed back on Earth Friday, capping a mission to the International Space Station and bringing NASA's small fleet of winged spaceships closer to looming retirement. Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts touched down at 9:44 am (1444 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, under mostly sunny skies. During their 11-day mission, the fliers delivered and equipped the space station with nearly 30,000 pounds (13,608 kilograms) of critical spare parts intended to... Read Full Story
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