WISE Sky Surveyor on 10-Month Mission

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Surveyor Explorer (WISE) mission is underway after a pre-dawn launch on a Delta II from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Dec. 14. Mission controllers will eject the cover on the cryostat that keeps the spacecraft’s hydrogen coolant cold by year-end to begin a two-week checkout...

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